Journal of Biological Sciences1727-30481812-5719Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/jbs.2012.367.375SittiprapapornWichian 72012127Musicians
brain is considered as an ideal model for plasticity studies: they start playing
musical instrument usually in the early childhood and continue to improve their
skills by practicing even when they have reached a professional level. Practicing
to play involves accurate processing of temporal and spectral simple sounds
as well as complex sounds or sound patterns. The result of long-term active
and intensive music training does not affect only musical related skills and
also in non-musical related skills i.e., verbal memory, mathematic and spatial
ability. This review article cover music centre in the brain, musician brain
in anatomical and functional aspects, enhancing of musical and non-musical related
skills aspects, hypothesis of music and spatial ability and spatial mental imagery
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