Learning piano melodies in visuo-motor or audio-motor training conditions and the neural correlates of their cross-modal transfer

► Non-musicians learned to play piano in audio-motor or visuo-motor training conditions. ► Participants recognized finger movements trained in the blind audio-motor condition. ► Auditorilly trained vs. untrained finger movements activated motor-related areas. ► This suggests cross-modal transfer from audio-motor training to the visual modality.