Music improves verbal memory encoding while decreasing prefrontal cortex activity: an fNIRS study

Music improves verbal memory encoding while decreasing prefrontal cortex activity: an fNIRS study

Listening to music engages the whole brain, thus stimulating cognitive performance in a range of non purely musical activities such as language and memory tasks. This article addresses an ongoing debate on the link between music and memory for words. While evidence on healthy and clinical population...

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Main Authors: Laura eFerreri, JeanJulien eAucouturier, Mark eMuthalib, Emmanuel eBigand, Aurelia eBugaiska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Music
Prefrontal Cortex
encoding
fNIRS
verbal memory
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00779/full

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