Human brain imaging has identified structural changes in gray and white matter that occur
with learning. However, ascribing imaging measures to underlying cellular and molecular …

The brain has an extraordinary ability to functionally and physically change or reconfigure its
structure in response to environmental stimulus, cognitive demand, or behavioral …

Research on the effects of bi-and multi-lingualism on brain structure has so far yielded
variable patterns. Although it cannot be disputed that learning and using additional …

Musical training has emerged as a useful framework for the investigation of training-related
plasticity in the human brain. Learning to play an instrument is a highly complex task that …

The effects of music training in relation to brain plasticity have caused excitement, evident
from the popularity of books on this topic among scientists and the general public …

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and
pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field. It …

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 …

Studies evaluating phonological contrast learning typically investigate either the
predictiveness of specific pretraining aptitude measures or the efficacy of different …

Musical emotions, such as happiness and sadness, have been investigated using
instrumental music devoid of linguistic content. However, pop and rock, the most common …

We used a multimethod approach to investigate the neuroanatomical correlates of
musicianship and absolute pitch (AP). Cortical thickness measures, interregional …