Brain organization for music processing

Research on how the brain processes music is emerging as a rich and stimulating area of investigation of perception, memory, emotion, and performance. Results emanating from both lesion studies and neuroimaging techniques are reviewed and integrated for each of these musical functions. We focus our...

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Published in:Annual review of psychology 2005-01, Vol.56 (1), p.89-114
Main Authors: PERETZ, Isabelle, ZATORRE, Robert J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect - physiology
Anatomical correlates of behavior
Auditory Perception - physiology
Basal Ganglia - physiology
Behavioral psychophysiology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain
Brain - anatomy & histology
Brain - physiology
Cerebellum - physiology
Cognition - physiology
Ears & hearing
Emotions
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Memory
Memory - physiology
Music
Nerve Net - physiology
Neurosciences
Pitch Perception - physiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Recognition (Psychology)
Time Perception - physiology
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Summary:Research on how the brain processes music is emerging as a rich and stimulating area of investigation of perception, memory, emotion, and performance. Results emanating from both lesion studies and neuroimaging techniques are reviewed and integrated for each of these musical functions. We focus our attention on the common core of musical abilities shared by musicians and nonmusicians alike. Hence, the effect of musical training on brain plasticity is examined in a separate section, after a review of the available data regarding music playing and reading skills that are typically cultivated by musicians. Finally, we address a currently debated issue regarding the putative existence of music-specific neural networks. Unfortunately, due to scarcity of research on the macrostructure of music organization and on cultural differences, the musical material under focus is at the level of the musical phrase, as typically used in Western popular music.
ISSN:0066-4308
1545-2085
DOI:10.1146/annurev.psych.56.091103.070225