Animal experiments have found microstructural changes in the cerebellum in response to long-term motor skill activity that include an increase in the number of synapses per neuron, glial cell volume, and capillary density. The sum of those microstructural changes were reported to lead to regional volume changes. We investigated whether professional keyboard players, who learn specialized motor ...

This study examines the differences in brain structures between female musicians and their non-musian counterparts by using a voxel-by-voxel morphometric method. We found gray matter volume differences in right and left cerebellum regions, right and left middle temporal gyrus and superior occipital gyrus. These differences are consistant with those of male musicians and nonmusicians on the whol...

Musicians have been shown to better perceive pitch and timbre cues in speech and music, compared to non-musicians. It is unclear whether this "musician advantage" persists under conditions of spectro-temporal degradation, as experienced by cochlear-implant (CI) users. In this study, gender categorization was measured in normal-hearing musicians and non-musicians listening to acoustic CI simulat...

music in iran has a long history. in the early islamic period, music was denounced. in the umayyad period, music still faced opposition from some jurisprudents and a group of muslims. but in the next century, due to positive attitude of governments as well as scientific attitudes of many scholars and scientists of that era, arts received public attention.  the design of women was carved on clay...

V. A. Sluming, D. Page, J. Downe, C. Denby, A. Mayes, N. Roberts Medical Imaging, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, Magnetic Resonance & Image Analysis Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom It is well documented that behavioural training and skill a...

Female rock musicians have had difficulty making it in the predominantly white male rock world. Joanne Gottlieb and Gayle Wald note that women’s participation in rock music usually consists of bolstering male performance, in the roles of groupie, girlfriend, or back-up singer (257). Even in punk rock, women are often treated as a novelty by the music press and cultural critics. Male bands such ...

Musicians' skills in auditory processing depend highly on instrument, performance practice, and on level of expertise. Yet, it is not known though whether the style/genre of music might shape auditory processing in the brains of musicians. Here, we aimed at tackling the role of musical style/genre on modulating neural and behavioral responses to changes in musical features. Using a novel, fast ...

abstract: the first period of abbasi dynasty is one of the glorious periods of islamic culture and civilization, which is known as the golden era of islamic culture and civilization. because in this era the power and riches of abbasi dynasty increased so high that led the islamic civilization grow in the various fields of science, literature and art especially music. while pretending as firm re...

The dorsal striatum (caudate/putamen) is a node of the cortico-striato-pallido-thalamo-cortical (CSPTC) motor circuit, which plays a central role in skilled motor learning, a critical feature of musical performance. The dorsal striatum receives input from a large part of the cerebral cortex, forming a hub in the cortical-subcortical network. This study sought to examine how the functional netwo...