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Cognitive factors shape brain networks for auditory skills: spotlight on auditory working memory
Author(s) -
Kraus Nina,
Strait Dana L.,
ParberyClark Alexandra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06463.x
Subject(s) - working memory , psychology , echoic memory , cognitive psychology , cognition , cognitive neuroscience of music , auditory perception , auditory scene analysis , auditory cortex , neuroscience , perception
Musicians benefit from real‐life advantages, such as a greater ability to hear speech in noise and to remember sounds, although the biological mechanisms driving such advantages remain undetermined. Furthermore, the extent to which these advantages are a consequence of musical training or innate characteristics that predispose a given individual to pursue music training is often debated. Here, we examine biological underpinnings of musicians’ auditory advantages and the mediating role of auditory working memory. Results from our laboratory are presented within a framework that emphasizes auditory working memory as a major factor in the neural processing of sound. Within this framework, we provide evidence for music training as a contributing source of these abilities.