Not exact matches
In particular, in the BOLD signal changes in response to the altered music (compared to the original music) were smaller in the
right primary and secondary
auditory cortex (Fig. 2 and Fig. 4), but larger in left - hemispheric superior temporal and inferior - frontal
cortices (Fig. 2B).
Thus, the
right - lateralized
auditory cortex activation was attributable to the specific features of the (mainly consonant and structured) original music and was not simply an unspecific response that could have been elicited by any sound in general.
According to a study conducted by researchers from CNRS and Inserm at the Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CNRS / Inserm / Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), amusics exhibit altered processing of musical information in two regions of the brain: the
auditory cortex and the frontal
cortex, particularly in the
right cerebral hemisphere.
The scientists observed that, when hearing and memorizing notes, amusics exhibited altered sound processing in two regions of the brain: the
auditory cortex and the frontal
cortex, essentially in the
right hemisphere.
By independently manipulating the grammaticality and
auditory tonal working memory demands of nested atonal musical sequences, we found that grammatical violations of nested musical dependencies led to increased BOLD responses in the
right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and bilateral anterior insular
cortices (AIC), whilst increased
auditory working memory demands led to enhanced responses in the bilateral middle frontal gyri (MFG) and inferior parietal lobules (IPL).
In an intriguing neuroimaging study of musical improvisation in classically trained pianists, Bengtsson et al. [13] found activations in the
right dorsolateral prefrontal
cortex, as well as premotor and
auditory areas during improvisation.