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Beneficios del entrenamiento musical para el aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera [PDF]

Current rise of international papers on the close link of musical aptitude and linguistic aptitude indicates that musical training may foster foreign language learning.
Avila López, Javier, Fonseca Mora, María Carmen, Gallego Segador, Arturo   +2 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Sustained Effect of Music Training on the Enhancement of Executive Function in Preschool Children

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Musical training is an enrichment activity involving multiple senses, including auditory, visual, somatosensorial, attention, memory, and executive function (EF), all of which are related to cognition.
Yue Shen, Yue Shen, Yishan Lin, Songhan Liu, Songhan Liu, Lele Fang, Lele Fang, Ge Liu   +7 more
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‘The System Can't Cope’: The Service System Response to Alcohol and Other Drug‐Facilitated Sexual Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alcohol and other drug‐facilitated sexual violence can have significant impacts on victim‐survivors, yet little is known about what support service providers offer them. To understand the experiences and perceptions of service providers, interviews with counsellors, health workers, forensic toxicologists and harm reduction workers were ...
Jessica Ison, Jacqui Theobald, Kirsty Forsdike, Ingrid Wilson, Elena Wilson, Leesa Hooker   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Choosers: designing a highly expressive algorithmic music composition system for non-programmers [PDF]

, 2017
We present an algorithmic composition system designed to be accessible to those with minimal programming skills and little musical training, while at the same time allowing the manipulation of detailed musical structures more rapidly and more fluidly ...
Bellingham, Matt, Holland, Simon, Mulholland, Paul   +2 more
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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
wiley   +1 more source

Degree of Musical Expertise Modulates Higher Order Brain Functioning [PDF]

, 2017
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we show for the first time that levels of musical expertise stepwise modulate higher order brain functioning. This suggests that degree of training intensity drives such cerebral plasticity.
Hauert, Claude-Alain, James, Clara E., Lazeyras, François, Oechslin, Mathias S., Van De Ville, Dimitri   +4 more
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Probabilistic Lesion Mapping to Optimize Thalamotomy Targets for Focal Hand Dystonia

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Focal hand dystonia (FHD) severely impairs task‐specific motor control, yet the optimal surgical target for stereotactic intervention remains uncertain. This study aimed to identify the precise thalamic lesion site associated with symptomatic improvement and to clarify its network connectivity. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 164 patients
Masahiko Nishitani, Shiro Horisawa, Konstantin Butenko, Hiroki Togo, Arun Garimella, William Drew, Melissa Chua, Esraa Shaban, Takakazu Kawamata, Takaomi Taira, Andreas Horn, Michael D. Fox, Takashi Hanakawa   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Music Preferences of Undergraduate Students in a Multi-Musical Country [PDF]

, 1999
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships between music preference and each of the four independent variables music characteristics, social influence factors, musical training and familiarity with the music. Ten excerpts of each of the
Yeoh, Miranda Poh Khoon
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Medical students' initial experiences of the dissection room and interaction with body donors: A qualitative study of professional identity formation, educational benefits, and the experience of Pasifika students

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The first experience of medical students in the dissecting room (DR) likely influences professional identity formation (PIF). Sparse data exist exploring how exposure to the DR and body donors without undertaking dissection influences PIF, or how culture may influence this experience.
Jacob Madgwick, Lynley Anderson, Jon Cornwall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source