Musical plasticity and language skills: recent evidence from cognitive, neurotechnological, and clinical perspectives

Emanuel Maldonado and Karina Maldonado
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Emanuel Maldonado: AG Editor. Uruguay, Argentina
Karina Maldonado: AG Editor. Uruguay, Argentina

NeuroData, 2024, vol. 1, 54

Abstract: This study investigates how musical training enhances verbal fluency by integrating cognitive, linguistic, and neuroscientific evidence. Through a multimodal review of recent literature, it describes the mechanisms linking musical practice to improvements in auditory discrimination, phonological memory, executive control, and lexical retrieval. The analysis also highlights the contribution of technologies such as EEG, fMRI, tDCS, and brain–computer interfaces, which reveal shared neural networks between music and language and characterize neuroplastic changes driven by musical experience. Findings show that music strengthens essential linguistic skills and supports clinical interventions for populations with aphasia, cognitive decline, or neurodevelopmental disorders. Overall, musical training and neurotechnology emerge as complementary tools for enhancing language abilities and promoting neurocognitive rehabilitation.

Keywords: musical training; verbal fluency; neuroplasticity; neurotechnology; language; cognition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.63688/neurodata202454

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