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Size and Synchronization of Auditory Cortex Promotes Musical, Literacy, and Attentional Skills in Children

Annemarie Seither-Preisler, Richard Parncutt and Peter Schneider
Journal of Neuroscience 13 August 2014, 34 (33) 10937-10949; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5315-13.2014
Annemarie Seither-Preisler
1Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience Section, Institute of Psychology and
2Centre for Systematic Musicology, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria, and
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2Centre for Systematic Musicology, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria, and
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Peter Schneider
3Department of Neuroradiology and Department of Neurology, Section of Biomagnetism, University of Heidelberg Medical School, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5315-13.2014
PubMed 
25122894
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History 
  • Received December 19, 2013
  • Revision received June 27, 2014
  • Accepted June 29, 2014
  • First published August 13, 2014.
  • Version of record published August 13, 2014.
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Author Information

  1. Annemarie Seither-Preisler1,2,
  2. Richard Parncutt2, and
  3. Peter Schneider3
  1. 1Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience Section, Institute of Psychology and
  2. 2Centre for Systematic Musicology, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria, and
  3. 3Department of Neuroradiology and Department of Neurology, Section of Biomagnetism, University of Heidelberg Medical School, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: A.S.-P. and P.S. designed research; A.S.-P. and P.S. performed research; A.S.-P. and P.S. analyzed data; A.S.-P., R.P., and P.S. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received December 19, 2013.
    • Revision received June 27, 2014.
    • Accepted June 29, 2014.
  • This work was supported by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) project 01KJ0809/10 (“AMseL: Audio- and Neuroplasticity of Musical Learning”). We thank M. Bendszus and A. Rupp for providing the 3D-MRI and MEG in Heidelberg, A. Seitz and M. Wengenroth for preprocessing and diagnosing the MRI scans, S. Seither for technical support, S. Hoellmueller for conducting the psychological tests, and U. Goswami/M. Huss for providing the psychoacoustic Dinosaur Test.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Annemarie Seither-Preisler, Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, Universitaetsplatz 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria. annemarie.seither-preisler{at}uni-graz.at

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