Musical training sharpens and bonds ears and tongue to hear speech better

The idea that musical training improves speech perception in challenging listening environments is appealing and of clinical importance, yet the mechanisms of any such musician advantage are not well specified. Here, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we found that musicians outperf...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 114; no. 51; p. 13579
Main Authors:	Du, Yi, Zatorre, Robert J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 19.12.2017
Subjects:	Adult Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - physiology Case-Control Studies Connectome Female Humans Male Music Noise Speech Perception functional connectivity musical training multivoxel pattern classification speech in noise perception auditory–motor integration
ISSN:	1091-6490, 1091-6490
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