Differences in Gray Matter between Musicians and Nonmusicians
Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesPublished 1 December 2005
Patrick Bermudez, Robert J. Zatorre
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Voxel‐based morphometry is used to examine differences in cerebral morphology between musicians and nonmusicians and principal results show differences in gray matter concentration in the right auditory cortex.
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Voxel-based morphometry is used to examine differences in cerebral morphology between musicians and nonmusicians. Principal results show differences in gray matter concentration in the right auditory cortex.
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