Musical Training Influences Linguistic Abilities in 8-Year-Old Children: More Evidence for Brain Plasticity

Moreno, Sylvain; Peixeira Marques, Carlos; Santos, Andréia; Santos, Manuela; Luís Castro, São; Besson, Mireille

doi:10.1093/cercor/bhn120

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Musical Training Influences Linguistic Abilities in 8-Year-Old Children: More Evidence for Brain Plasticity

Published in Cerebral Cortex • Oct 1, 2008

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Sylvain Moreno

Carlos Peixeira Marques

Andréia Santos

Abstract

We conducted a longitudinal study with 32 nonmusician children over 9 months to determine 1) whether functional differences between musician and nonmusician children reflect specific predispositions for music or result from musical training and 2) whether musical training improves nonmusical brain f...

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Psychology

Musical

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