ArticleHuman brain mapping2023
Long-term musical training induces white matter plasticity in emotion and language networks.
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- A study on the emotional accuracy of generative AI music from the perspective of the "Emotion Wheel" theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Studying the effects of digital arts-based interventions on teenagers' social media usage, brain connectivity, and mental health: study protocol of the SMART project.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Motor-Sensory Learning in Children with Disabilities: Does Piano Practice Help?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neuroplasticity in Diffuse Low-grade Gliomas: Backward Modelling of Brain-tumor Interactions Prior to Diagnosis is Needed to Better Predict Recovery after Treatment.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2025Review
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- A neurotrophin functioning with a Toll regulates structural plasticity in a dopaminergic circuit.eLife · 2024Article
- Music reward sensitivity is associated with greater information transfer capacity within dorsal and motor white matter networks in musicians.Brain structure & function · 2024Article
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- Choir singing is associated with enhanced structural connectivity across the adult lifespan.Human brain mapping · 2024Article
- The effects of musicality on brain network topology in the context of Alzheimer's disease and memory decline.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Embodied metacognition as strengthened functional connection between neural correlates of metacognition and dance in dancers: exploring creativity implications.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Long-term musical training induces white matter plasticity in emotion and language networks.Human brain mapping · 2023Article
- Music Engagement as a Source of Cognitive Reserve.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasReview
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Abstract
Numerous studies have reported that long-term musical training can affect brain functionality and induce structural alterations in the brain. Singing is a form of vocal musical expression with an unparalleled capacity for communicating emotion; however, there has been relatively little research on neuroplasticity at the network level in vocalists (i.e., noninstrumental musicians). Our objective in this study was to elucidate changes in the neural network architecture following long-term training in the musical arts. We employed a framework based on graph theory to depict the connectivity and efficiency of structural networks in the brain, based on diffusion-weighted images obtained from 35 vocalists, 27 pianists, and 33 nonmusicians. Our results revealed that musical training (both voice and piano) could enhance connectivity among emotion-related regions of the brain, such as the amygdala. We also discovered that voice training reshaped the architecture of experience-dependent networks, such as those involved in vocal motor control, sensory feedback, and language processing. It appears that vocal-related changes in areas such as the insula, paracentral lobule, supramarginal gyrus, and putamen are associated with functional segregation, multisensory integration, and enhanced network interconnectivity. These results suggest that long-term musical training can strengthen or prune white matter connectivity networks in an experience-dependent manner.
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