Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6808941 | Neurobiology of Aging | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Aging disrupts neural timing, reducing the nervous system's ability to precisely encode sound. Given that the neural representation of temporal features is strengthened with musical training in young adults, can musical training offset the negative impact of aging on neural processing? By comparing auditory brainstem timing in younger and older musicians and nonmusicians to a consonant-vowel speech sound /da/. we document a musician's resilience to age-related delays in neural timing.
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Authors
Alexandra Parbery-Clark, Samira Anderson, Emily Hittner, Nina Kraus,