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ReviewArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria2025

The neuroscience of music perception: a narrative review.

Renan Barros Domingues, Luísa Aires Domingues, Victor Rebelo Procaci, José Luiz Pedroso

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Review in Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Renan Barros DominguesSanta Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6058-7937
Luísa Aires DominguesSanta Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0007-1202-2353
Victor Rebelo ProcaciUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7303-6512
José Luiz PedrosoUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1672-8894

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present review article explores the neuroscience of musical perception, examining the roles of specific brain regions in decoding and interpreting music. Musical perception engages multiple cortical and subcortical areas that work in an integrated manner to process musical elements such as melody, harmony, and rhythm. The paper reviews the current knowledge about the brain circuits involved, as well as pathological conditions that result in abnormalities of musical perception. In addition, the relationship between musical perception and neurological conditions such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease is explored. The present review is based on findings from structural and functional neuroimaging studies, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, and clinical research, aiming to show how the brain transforms music sounds into meaningful experiences and addressing pathological conditions in which this complex process may be affected, either in isolation or in association with other forms of neurological impairment.

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Auditory PerceptionBrainMusicAlzheimer DiseaseHumansNeurosciences

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PMID40886712
PMCPMC12399327

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