Author(s): Joyal M; Sicard A; Penhune V; Jackson PL; Tremblay P;

Despite the ubiquity of musical activities, little is known about the specificity of their association with executive functions. In this cross-sectional study, we examined this relationship as a function of age. Our main hypotheses were that executive functions would decline in older age, that this relationship would be reduced in singers and instrumental ...

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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 in beat-based timing and music-induced pleasure, suggesting a central role of basal ganglia (BG) dop ...

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Author(s): Witek MAG; Matthews T; Bodak R; Blausz MW; Penhune V; Vuust P;

The inverted U hypothesis in music predicts that listeners prefer intermediate levels of complexity. However, the shape of the liking response to harmonic complexity and the effect of musicianship remains unclear. Here, we tested whether the relationship between liking and harmonic complexity in single chords shows an inverted U shape and whether this U s ...

Article GUID: 36730271

Author(s): Ghai S; Maso FD; Ogourtsova T; Porxas AX; Villeneuve M; Penhune V; Boudrias MH; Baillet S; Lamontagne A;

Music-supported therapy (MST) follows the best practice principles of stroke rehabilitation and has been proven to instigate meaningful enhancements in motor recovery post-stroke. The existing literature has established that the efficacy and specificity of MST relies on the reinforcement of audit ...

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Author(s): Vaquero L; Ramos-Escobar N; Cucurell D; François C; Putkinen V; Segura E; Huotilainen M; Penhune V; Rodríguez-Fornells A;

The mismatch negativity (MMN) is an event related brain potential (ERP) elicited by unpredicted sounds presented in a sequence of repeated auditory stimuli. The neural sources of the MMN have been previously attributed to a fronto-temporo-parietal network which crucially overlaps with the so-call ...

Article GUID: 33454403

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 experience on brain structure we manually dissected the AF in bilinguals with and without music training ...

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Author(s): Segado M, Hollinger A, Thibodeau J, Penhune V, Zatorre RJ

Front Neurosci. 2018;12:351 Authors: Segado M, Hollinger A, Thibodeau J, Penhune V, Zatorre RJ

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Author(s): Penhune V; Watanabe D; Savion-Lemieux T;

This experiment demonstrates that musicians who began training before age seven perform better on a rhythmic tapping task than musicians who began after the age of seven, when the two groups are matched for years of experience. These results support the idea that there may be a sensitive period in childhood for motor training, similar to that observed for ...

Article GUID: 16597774

Author(s): Penhune V; de Villers-Sidani E;

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Author(s): Padrão G; Penhune V; de Diego-Balaguer R; Marco-Pallares J; Rodriguez-Fornells A;

The ability to detect and use information from errors is essential during the acquisition of new skills. There is now a wealth of evidence about the brain mechanisms involved in error processing. However, the extent to which those mechanisms are engaged during the acquisition of new motor skills remains elusive. Here we examined rhythm synchronization lea ...

Article GUID: 24956067

Author(s): Villeneuve M; Penhune V; Lamontagne A;

Objective: Music-supported therapy was shown to induce improvements in motor skills in stroke survivors. Whether all stroke individuals respond similarly to the intervention and whether gains can be maintained over time remain unknown. We estimated the immediate and retention effects of a piano training program on upper extremity function in persons with ...

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