Verlaufsuntersuchungen nach amusischen Störungen sprechen für funktionelle reorganisation musik verarbeitender neuronaler netzwerke

Translated title of the contribution: Recovery from receptive amusia suggests functional reorganization of music-processing networks

Maria Schuppert, Thomas F. Münte, Eckart Altenmüller*

*Corresponding author for this work
3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A follow-up study was performed in patients suffering from receptive amusia due to unilateral cerebrovascular cortical lesions. Perceptual musical functions had initially been assessed within the 5th and 10th day post-lesion and were re-evaluated 6-12 months after brain-damage. The standardized test battery covered local and global strategies of music perception in discrimination tasks. Retest sessions showed an overall improvement of music perception, reaching a significant group effect over all tasks. Marked improvement up to normal range was seen in four patients. These findings demonstrate the possibility of recovery from receptive amusia that can be assumed to be based on cerebral plasticity changes. Extremely mixed patterns of recovery support the hypothesis of a highly individual formation of music processing networks.

Translated title of the contributionRecovery from receptive amusia suggests functional reorganization of music-processing networks
Original languageGerman
JournalZeitschrift fur Neuropsychologie
Volume14
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)113-122
Number of pages10
ISSN1016-264X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Research Areas and Centers

  • Academic Focus: Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM)

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