Cognitive factors shape brain networks for auditory skills: spotlight on auditory working memory

Musicians benefit from real‐life advantages, such as a greater ability to hear speech in noise and to remember sounds, although the biological mechanisms driving such advantages remain undetermined. Furthermore, the extent to which these advantages are a consequence of musical training or innate cha...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2012-04, Vol.1252 (1), p.100-107
Main Authors: Kraus, Nina, Strait, Dana L., Parbery-Clark, Alexandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic Stimulation
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Auditory Pathways - physiology
Auditory Perception - physiology
auditory working memory
Brain - physiology
brainstem
Child
Cognition - physiology
experience-dependent plasticity
hearing in noise
Humans
Memory
Memory, Short-Term - physiology
Middle Aged
Music
Musicians & conductors
Nerve Net - physiology
Neurosciences
Noise
Perceptual Masking - physiology
Sound
Speech Perception - physiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Musicians benefit from real‐life advantages, such as a greater ability to hear speech in noise and to remember sounds, although the biological mechanisms driving such advantages remain undetermined. Furthermore, the extent to which these advantages are a consequence of musical training or innate characteristics that predispose a given individual to pursue music training is often debated. Here, we examine biological underpinnings of musicians’ auditory advantages and the mediating role of auditory working memory. Results from our laboratory are presented within a framework that emphasizes auditory working memory as a major factor in the neural processing of sound. Within this framework, we provide evidence for music training as a contributing source of these abilities.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06463.x