Several studies have suggested that intensive musical training enhances children’s linguistic
skills. Such training, however, is not available to all children. We studied in a community …

The recent surge of interest towards the paradoxical pleasure produced by sad music has
generated a handful of theories and an array of empirical explorations on the topic. However, …

The relation between informal musical activities at home and electrophysiological indices of
neural auditory change detection was investigated in 2–3‐year‐old children. Auditory event‐…

Adult musicians show superior auditory discrimination skills when compared to non‐musicians.
The enhanced auditory skills of musicians are reflected in the augmented amplitudes of …

Sensitivity to changes in various musical features was investigated by recording the
mismatch negativity (MMN) auditory event-related potential (ERP) in musically trained and …

Adult musicians show superior neural sound discrimination when compared to nonmusicians.
However, it is unclear whether these group differences reflect the effects of experience or …

Psychopathy is characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy, and
egotistical traits. These traits vary also in normally functioning individuals. Here, we tested …

Music can induce strong subjective experience of emotions, but it is debated whether these
responses engage the same neural circuits as emotions elicited by biologically significant …

The influence of formal musical training on auditory cognition has been well established.
For the majority of children, however, musical experience does not primarily consist of adult-…

When compared with individuals without explicit training in music, adult musicians have
facilitated neural functions in several modalities. They also display structural changes in various …