Music drives brain plasticity

Lutz Jäncke

Division of Neuropsychology, Psychological Institute, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland

* Corresponding author: l.jaencke@psychologie.uzh.ch

F1000 Biology Reports 2009, 1:78 (doi: 10.3410/B1-78)
Published: 14/10/2009   © 2009 Biology Reports Ltd

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found at: http://www.F1000.com/Reports/Biology/content/1/78

Abstract

Music is becoming more and more of an issue in the cognitive neurosciences. A major finding in this research area is that musical practice is associated with structural and functional plasticity of the brain. In this brief review, I will give an overview of the most recent findings of this research area.