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Artists on science: scientists on art
Nature 434, 312-315 (17 March 2005) | doi:10.1038/434312a; Published online 16 March 2005
Music, the food of neuroscience?
Robert Zatorre1
Abstract
Playing, listening to and creating music involves practically every cognitive function. Robert Zatorre explains how music can teach us about speech, brain plasticity and even the origins of emotion.
We tend to consider art and culture from a humanistic or historical perspective rather than a biological one. Yet these products of human cognition must have their origin in the function and structure of the human nervous system.
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