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ERIC Number: EJ598200
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-9894
The Influence of Learning on Cortical Activation Patterns.
Gruhn, Wilfried; Altenmuller, Eckart; Babler, Roman
Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, n133 p25-30 Sum 1997
Investigates the psychological and neurobiological aspects of music learning that is described as a process of incrementally differentiating mental representations. Finds that the verbally trained subjects exhibited an increase over the left cortex whereas the musically trained showed an increase over the right and bilateral brain areas; the untrained subjects revealed a decrease. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Influences, Instruction, Knowledge Level, Learning Processes, Melody, Music, Neurological Organization, Psychological Patterns, Questionnaires, Student Improvement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the International Society for Music Education (33rd, Frascati, Italy, July 13-19, 1996).