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      Musical Training as a Framework for Brain Plasticity: Behavior, Function, and Structure

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          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 involves the interaction of several modalities and higher-order cognitive functions and that results in behavioral, structural, and functional changes on time scales ranging from days to years. While early work focused on comparison of musical experts and novices, more recently an increasing number of controlled training studies provide clear experimental evidence for training effects. Here, we review research investigating brain plasticity induced by musical training, highlight common patterns and possible underlying mechanisms of such plasticity, and integrate these studies with findings and models for mechanisms of plasticity in other domains. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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          Neuron
          Neuron
          Elsevier BV
          08966273
          November 2012
          November 2012
          : 76
          : 3
          : 486-502
          Article
          10.1016/j.neuron.2012.10.011
          23141061
          299584f0-f799-4bb8-bc9f-e5acbf1c272a
          © 2012

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