A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study of the Brain of University Students Majoring in Music and Nonmusic Disciplines
Joint Authors
Sato, Kanako
Kirino, Eiji
Tanaka, Shoji
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-09-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The brain changes flexibly due to various experiences during the developmental stages of life.
Previous voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies have shown volumetric differences between musicians and nonmusicians in several brain regions including the superior temporal gyrus, sensorimotor areas, and superior parietal cortex.
However, the reported brain regions depend on the study and are not necessarily consistent.
By VBM, we investigated the effect of musical training on the brain structure by comparing university students majoring in music with those majoring in nonmusic disciplines.
All participants were right-handed healthy Japanese females.
We divided the nonmusic students into two groups and therefore examined three groups: music expert (ME), music hobby (MH), and nonmusic (NM) group.
VBM showed that the ME group had the largest gray matter volumes in the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG; BA 44), left middle occipital gyrus (BA 18), and bilateral lingual gyrus.
These differences are considered to be caused by neuroplasticity during long and continuous musical training periods because the MH group showed intermediate volumes in these regions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sato, Kanako& Kirino, Eiji& Tanaka, Shoji. 2015. A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study of the Brain of University Students Majoring in Music and Nonmusic Disciplines. Behavioural Neurology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sato, Kanako…[et al.]. A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study of the Brain of University Students Majoring in Music and Nonmusic Disciplines. Behavioural Neurology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sato, Kanako& Kirino, Eiji& Tanaka, Shoji. A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study of the Brain of University Students Majoring in Music and Nonmusic Disciplines. Behavioural Neurology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057523
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1057523