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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Music Perception

Background:

  • Individual differences in music perception ability are not fully understood.
  • The relationship between brain structure and music processing skills requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between individual differences in music perception ability and whole-brain white matter connectivity.
  • To identify specific brain networks related to sensory and sequential music processing.

Main Methods:

  • 27 individuals with varying musical training were assessed using the Profile of Music Perception Skills-Short version (PROMS-S).
  • Whole-brain white matter connectivity was analyzed using network-based statistics and graph theory.
  • Musical ability was assessed in sensory (Tempo, Pitch, Timbre, Tuning) and sequential (Melody, Rhythm, Accent) domains.

Main Results:

  • Positive linear associations were found between total PROMS-S scores and increased interhemispheric fronto-temporal and parieto-frontal white matter connectivity.
  • Two subnetworks for sequential music processing were identified: one ventral (fronto-temporal, subcortical) and one dorsal (fronto-temporo-parietal).
  • Higher modularity of the brain's structural connectome and increased nodal degree in the right posterior cingulate cortex correlated with music processing ability.

Conclusions:

  • A distinct structural network involving fronto-temporal, cerebellar, and cerebro-subcortical regions is associated with music processing.
  • The right posterior cingulate cortex plays a mediating role in the connectivity of this music processing network.