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Bach speaks: a cortical "language-network" serves the processing of music.
Full Abstract
The aim of the present study was the investigation of neural correlates of music processing with fMRI. Chord sequences were presented to the participants, infrequently containing unexpected musical events. These events activated the areas of Broca and Wernicke, the superior temporal sulcus, Heschl's gyrus, both planum polare and planum temporale, as well as the anterior superior insular cortices. Some of these brain structures have previously been shown to be involved in music processing, but the cortical network comprising all these structures has up to now been thought to be domain-specific for language processing. To what extent this network might also be activated by the processing of non-linguistic information has remained unknown. The present fMRI-data reveal that the human brain employs this neuronal network also for the processing of musical information, suggesting that the cortical network known to support language processing is less domain-specific than previously believed.
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Author information
Author/s: Koelsch, Stefan (S); Gunter, Thomas C (TC); v Cramon, D Yves (DY); Zysset, Stefan (S); Lohmann, Gabriele (G); Friederici, Angela D (AD);
Affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Germany. mail@stefan-koelsch.de
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article
Journal: NeuroImage (Neuroimage), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Oct; vol 17 (issue 2) : pp 956-66
Dates: Created 2002/10/14; Completed 2002/11/25; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12377169, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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