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Nonlinear Changes in Botulinum Toxin Treatment of Task-Specific Dystonia during Long-Term Treatment
Toxins, 2021 Botulinum toxin (BoTX) is the standard treatment for task-specific dystonias (TSDs) such as musician’s dystonia (MD). Our aim was to assess the long-term changes in BoTX treatment in a highly homogeneous and, to our knowledge, largest group of MD ...
André Lee +2 more
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Auditory and cognitive performance in elderly musicians and nonmusicians [PDF]
, 2017 Musicians represent a model for examining brain and behavioral plasticity in terms of cognitive and auditory profile, but few studies have investigated whether elderly musicians have better auditory and cognitive abilities than nonmusicians.
Borella, Erika +3 more
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The impact of early musical training on striatal functional connectivity
NeuroImage, 2021 Evidence from language, visual and sensorimotor learning suggests that training early in life is more effective. The present work explores the hypothesis that learning during sensitive periods involves distinct brain networks in addition to those ...
F.T. van Vugt +4 more
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Perceptions and predictions of expertise in advanced musical learners [PDF]
, 2010 The aim of this article was to compare musicians' views on (a) the importance of musical skills and (b) the nature of expertise. Data were obtained from a specially devised web-based questionnaire completed by advanced musicians representing four musical
Creech, Andrea +10 more
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Clinical investigations of receptive and expressive musical functions after stroke
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 There is a long tradition of investigating various disorders of musical abilities after stroke. These impairments, associated with acquired amusia, can be highly selective, affecting only music perception (i.e., receptive abilities/functions) or ...
Ken eRosslau +8 more
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Neural Plasticity in a French Horn Player with Bilateral Amelia
Neural Plasticity, 2021 Precise control of movement and timing play a key role in musical performance. This motor skill requires coordination across multiple joints, muscles, and limbs, which is acquired through extensive musical training from childhood on.
Daniel S. Scholz +4 more
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Dispositional and performance-specific music performance anxiety in young amateur musicians
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionResearch on Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) among amateur musicians is of great interest due to inconsistent results in literature. In addition, amateur music represents an important part of musical culture in Germany.
Claudia Spahn +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Musician’s dystonia (MD) is a task-specific movement disorder that causes loss of voluntary motor control while playing the instrument. A subgroup of patients displays the so-called sensory trick: alteration of somatosensory input, e.g.
Jakobine ePaulig +4 more
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Investigating musical performance: Commonality and diversity amongst classical and non-classical musicians [PDF]
, 2008 The research project 'Investigating Musical Performance: Comparative Studies in Advanced Musical Learning' was devised to investigate how classical, popular, jazz and Scottish traditional musicians deepen and develop their learning about performance in ...
Creech, Andrea +9 more
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Brain structures differ between musicians and non-musician [PDF]
NeuroImage, 2001 From an early age, musicians learn complex motor and auditory skills (e.g., the translation of visually perceived musical symbols into motor commands with simultaneous auditory monitoring of output), which they practice extensively from childhood throughout their entire careers. Using a voxel-by-voxel morphometric technique, we found gray matter volume
Christian, Gaser, Gottfried, Schlaug
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