Does practice shape the brain?

Pat Monaghan, Neil B. Metcalfe and Graeme D. Ruxton
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Pat Monaghan: Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow University
Neil B. Metcalfe: Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow University
Graeme D. Ruxton: Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow University

Nature, 1998, vol. 394, issue 6692, 434-434

Abstract: Abstract Pantev et al. (Nature 392, 811–814; 1998) suggest that the degree of cortical reorganization and enhancement of the cortical response to musical notes depends on the age at which musicians first begin learning to play an instrument. Specifically, the younger the subjects were when they started to play, the larger was their cortical reorganization in recognition of piano tones. In addition to its biological interest, such a finding, if true, would have great implications for musical education. But we believe that the evidence presented by Pantev et al. is equally consistent with other interpretations.

Date: 1998
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