Modularity of music processing
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The music faculty is not a monolithic entity that a person either has or does not. Rather, it comprises a set of neurally isolable processing components, each having the potential to be specialized for music. Here we propose a functional architecture for music processing that captures the typical properties of modular organization. The model rests essentially on the analysis of music-related deficits in neurologically impaired individuals, but provides useful guidelines for exploring the music faculty in normal people, using methods such as neuroimaging.
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- Authors
- Peretz, I., & Coltheart, M.
- Affiliations
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Macquarie University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Peretz, Isabelle
- Venue
- Nature Neuroscience
- Published
- 2003-06-25
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 688-691
- ISSN
- 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1726
- OpenAlex
- W2004125743
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- FWCI
- 2.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Keywords
- music processing, modularity, functional architecture, music cognition, neural specialization, music faculty
- MeSH terms
- Auditory Perception, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mental Processes, Models, Psychological, Music, Neural Pathways
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