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Working Memory Training for Older Participants: A Control Group Training Regimen and Initial Intellectual Functioning Assessment
Published on: September 20, 2020
Musical training, neuroplasticity and cognition
Ana Carolina Rodrigues1, Maurício Alves Loureiro2, Paulo Caramelli3
1MSc, Neurosciences Graduation Program, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
Abstract:
The influence of music on the human brain has been recently investigated in numerous studies. Several investigations have shown that structural and functional cerebral neuroplastic processes emerge as a result of long-term musical training, which in turn may produce cognitive differences between musicians and non-musicians. Musicians can be considered ideal cases for studies on brain adaptation, due to their unique and intensive training experiences. This article presents a review of recent findings showing positive effects of musical training on non-musical cognitive abilities, which probably reflect plastic changes in brains of musicians.
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