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The ability to tap to a beat relates to cognitive, linguistic, and perceptual skills

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Abstract Reading-impaired children have difficulty tapping to a beat. Here we tested whether this relationship between reading ability and synchronized tapping holds in typically-developing adolescents. We also hypothesized that tapping relates to two other abilities. First, since auditory-m...
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Biological impact of preschool music classes on processing speech in noise

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Musicians have increased resilience to the effects of noise on speech perception and its neural underpinnings. We do not know, however, how early in life these enhancements arise. We compared auditory brainstem responses to speech in noise in 32 preschool children, half of whom were engaged in mu...
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Musical training heightens auditory brainstem function during sensitive periods in development

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Experience has a profound influence on how sound is processed in the brain. Yet little is known about how enriched experiences interact with developmental processes to shape neural processing of sound. We examine this question as part of a large cross-sectional study of auditory brainstem develop...
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Musical training enhances neural processing of binaural sounds

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While hearing in noise is a complex task, even in high levels of noise humans demonstrate remarkable hearing ability. Binaural hearing, which involves the integration and analysis of incoming sounds from both ears, is an important mechanism that promotes hearing in complex listening environments....
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Music: A window into the hearing brain. Hearing Research Special Issue

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Entire issue of Hearing Research journal dedicated to Music (February 2014; Guest editors Kraus, Strait and Zatorre). For a brief overview of articles, see: Editors’ introduction to Hearing Research special issue: Music, a window into the hearing brain | Sound Healing Research Foundation To...
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Editors’ introduction to hearing research special issue: Music, a window into the hearing brain

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There has been a surge of music-themed research in the field of auditory neuroscience in the past decade. A wealth of data have confirmed that musically trained individuals have structural, functional, and developmental differences in their brains relative to nonmusicians. Together, this work als...
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Auditory learning through active engagement with sound: Biological impact of community music lessons in at-risk children

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The young nervous system is primed for sensory learning, facilitating the acquisition of language and communication skills. Social and linguistic impoverishment can limit these learning opportunities, eventually leading to language-related challenges such as poor reading. Music training offers a ...
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Music enrichment programs improve the neural encoding of speech in at-risk children

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Musicians are often reported to have enhanced neurophysiological functions, especially in the auditory system. Musical training is thought to improve nervous system function by focusing attention on meaningful acoustic cues, and these improvements in auditory processing cascade to language and co...
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Engagement in community music classes sparks neuroplasticity and language development in children from disadvantaged backgrounds

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Children from disadvantaged backgrounds often face impoverished auditory environments, such as greater exposure to ambient noise and fewer opportunities to participate in complex language interactions during development. These circumstances increase their risk for academic failure and dropout. Gi...
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Music benefits across the lifespan: Enhanced processing of speech in noise

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Intriguing research continues to focus on music, the brain, and music’s potential in honing auditory acuity, including speech-in-noise performance and the enhancement of listening abilities. This article reviews many of these exciting findings and looks at clinical implications for auditory train...
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Music training relates to the development of neural mechanisms of selective auditory attention

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Selective attention decreases trial-to-trial variability in cortical auditory-evoked activity. This effect increases over the course of maturation, potentially reflecting the gradual development of selective attention and inhibitory control. Work in adults indicates that music training may alter ...
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Music training alters the course of adolescent auditory development

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Significance We show that in-school music training changes the course of adolescent brain development. Relative to an active control group that shows the expected wane in subcortical response consistency, adolescents undertaking in-school music training maintained heightened neural consistency...
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