Author(s): Ara A; Provias V; Sitek K; Coffey EBJ; Zatorre RJ;

Perception integrates both sensory inputs and internal models of the environment. In the auditory domain, predictions play a critical role because of the temporal nature of sounds. However, the precise contribution of cortical and subcortical structures in these processes and their interaction remain unclear. It is also unclear whether these brain interac ...

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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 cortical and cerebellar regions-compared with those who start later. We used support vector machine ...

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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 shown that early trained musicians (ET; < age 7) out-perform later-trained musicians (LT; > age 7 ...

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Author(s): Segado M; Zatorre RJ; Penhune VB;

Many everyday tasks share high-level sensory goals but differ in the movements used to accomplish them. One example of this is musical pitch regulation, where the same notes can be produced using the vocal system or a musical instrument controlled by the hands. Cello playing has previously been shown to rely on brain structures within the singing network ...

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Author(s): Coffey EBJ, Nicol T, White-Schwoch T, Chandrasekaran B, Krizman J, Skoe E, Zatorre RJ, Kraus N

Nat Commun. 2019 Nov 06;10(1):5036 Authors: Coffey EBJ, Nicol T, White-Schwoch T, Chandrasekaran B, Krizman J, Skoe E, Zatorre RJ, Kraus N

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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): Wollman I; Penhune V; Segado M; Carpentier T; Zatorre RJ;

The auditory and motor neural systems are closely intertwined, enabling people to carry out tasks such as playing a musical instrument whose mapping between action and sound is extremely sophisticated. While the dorsal auditory stream has been shown to mediate these audio-motor transformations, little is known about how such mapping emerges with training. ...

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Author(s): Penhune VB, Zatorre RJ

PLoS Biol. 2019 Jun 03;17(6):e3000293 Authors: Penhune VB, Zatorre RJ

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Author(s): Steele CJ, Zatorre RJ

Nat Neurosci. 2018 12;21(12):1645-1646 Authors: Steele CJ, Zatorre RJ

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Author(s): Coffey EBJ, Arseneau-Bruneau I, Zhang X, Zatorre RJ

Front Neurosci. 2019;13:199 Authors: Coffey EBJ, Arseneau-Bruneau I, Zhang X, Zatorre RJ

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