Given the key roles of the cerebellum in motor, cognitive, and affective operations and given
the decline of brain functions with aging, cerebellar circuitry is attracting the attention of the …

Music is ubiquitous across human cultures—as a source of affective and pleasurable
experience, moving us both physically and emotionally—and learning to play music shapes …

The auditory frequency-following response (FFR) to complex periodic sounds is used to
study the subcortical auditory system, and has been proposed as a biomarker for disorders …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

Although music is ubiquitous in human societies, there are some people for whom music
holds no reward value despite normal perceptual ability and preserved reward-related …

Learning to play a musical instrument is a complex task that integrates multiple sensory
modalities and higher-order cognitive functions. Therefore, musical training is considered a …

The hippocampus has a well-established role in spatial and episodic memory but a broader
function has been proposed including aspects of perception and relational processing …

There is now compelling evidence that motor imagery (MI) promotes motor learning. While
MI has been shown to influence the early stages of the learning process, recent data …

The idea that musical training improves speech perception in challenging listening
environments is appealing and of clinical importance, yet the mechanisms of any such …

Action is a cover term used to refer to a large set of motor processes differing in domain
specificities (eg execution or observation). Here we review neuroimaging evidence on …