| Presentation | 2003/9/9 Effect of long-term musical environment on brain activity Environmental : pitch, timbre and functional difference between right and left hemisphere Akira UNO, Kimitaka Kaga, Kenji ITOH, Masato YUMOTO, |
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| Abstract(in English) | The purpose of this study is to investigate the functional differences of brain between adults who learned piano and violin. Subjects are twelve normal, five of whom have been learning violin from early childhood but do not play the piano (violin learner), and seven of whom have been learning piano from early childhood but do not play the violin (piano learner). As an experiment, subjects were required to listen to the tones of piano and violin. The whole head type Magnetometer was used. As results, the evoked magnetic fields to violin tones were significantly larger in the right hemisphere of violin learners than piano learners. The magnitude of evoked magnetic fields to note "A" for violin learners were significantly larger than those of note "C". Note "A" is likely to be a highly familiar tone for violin players because "A" is the basic tone for tuning strings as well as one of four strings of the instrument. It suggests that the qualitative difference of one's musical experience from early childhood may cause the difference of the brain function. |
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| Keyword(in English) | piano / violin / timbre / pitch / functional difference between right and left brain |
| Paper # | TL2003-18 |
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| Conference Date | 2003/9/9(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | Effect of long-term musical environment on brain activity Environmental : pitch, timbre and functional difference between right and left hemisphere |
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| Keyword(1) | piano |
| Keyword(2) | violin |
| Keyword(3) | timbre |
| Keyword(4) | pitch |
| Keyword(5) | functional difference between right and left brain |
| 1st Author's Name | Akira UNO |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tokyo:National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Kimitaka Kaga |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tokyo |
| 3rd Author's Name | Kenji ITOH |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Department of Speech and Cognitive Science, School of Medicine, University of Tokyo |
| 4th Author's Name | Masato YUMOTO |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Tokyo |
| Date | 2003/9/9 |
| Paper # | TL2003-18 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.103 |
| Number (no) | 307 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 4 |
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