Author(s): Matthews TE; Lumaca M; Witek MAG; Penhune VB; Vuust P;

There are pronounced differences in the degree to which individuals experience music-induced pleasure which are linked to variations in structural connectivity between auditory and reward areas. However, previous studies exploring the link between white mat ...

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Author(s): Albury AW; Bianco R; Gold BP; Penhune VB;

Predictability plays an important role in the experience of musical pleasure. By leveraging expectations, music induces pleasure through tension and surprise. However, musical predictions draw on both prior knowledge and immediate context. Similarly, musica ...

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Author(s): Pando-Naude V; Matthews TE; Højlund A; Jakobsen S; Østergaard K; Johnsen E; Garza-Villarreal EA; Witek MAG; Penhune V; Vuust P; ...

The pleasurable urge to move to music (PLUMM) activates motor and reward areas of the brain and is thought to be driven by predictive processes. Dopamine in motor and limbic networks is implicated ...

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Author(s): Shenker JJ; Steele CJ; Zatorre RJ; Penhune VB;

A body of current evidence suggests that there is a sensitive period for musical training: people who begin training before the age of seven show better performance on tests of musical skill, and also show differences in brain structure-especially in motor ...

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Author(s): Calabria M; Ciongoli F; Grunden N; Ordás C; García-Sánchez C;

Background: Recent research has shown that background music may improve memory consolidation and retrieval. Nevertheless, in the clinical conditions preceding dementia such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI), there is no current evidence sp ...

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Author(s): Brault A; Vaillancourt G;

Informal caregivers of older adults are faced with increased responsibilities as health and social systems fail to respond to the rising demands associated with the aging populations. For many caregivers, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted their ac ...

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Author(s): Shenker JJ; Steele CJ; Chakravarty MM; Zatorre RJ; Penhune VB;

Adult abilities in complex cognitive domains such as music appear to depend critically on the age at which training or experience begins, and relevant experience has greater long-term effects during periods of peak maturational change. Previous work has sho ...

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Author(s): Virginia B Penhune

Adult ability in complex cognitive domains, including music, is commonly thought of as the product of gene-environment interactions, where genetic predispositions influence and are modulated by experience, resulting in the final phenotypic expression. Recen ...

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Author(s): Vaquero L; Rousseau PN; Vozian D; Klein D; Penhune V;

Music and language engage the dorsal auditory pathway, linked by the arcuate fasciculus (AF). Sustained practice in these activities can modify brain structure, depending on length of experience but also age of onset (AoO). To study the impact of early expe ...

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Author(s): Archambault K, Vaugon K, Deumié V, Brault M, Perez RM, Peyrin J, Vaillancourt G, Garel P

J Music Ther. 2019 Nov 19;56(4):381-402 Authors: Archambault K, Vaugon K, Deumié V, Brault M, Perez RM, Peyrin J, Vaillancourt G, Garel P

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Author(s): Giacosa C, Karpati FJ, Foster NEV, Hyde KL, Penhune VB

Brain Struct Funct. 2019 Oct 16;: Authors: Giacosa C, Karpati FJ, Foster NEV, Hyde KL, Penhune VB

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