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| Music is a universal feature of human societies, but its adaptive function remains mysterious. These six Reviews discuss how the brain processes music, and how this research influences our understanding of cognition. |
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Predicting behavior p647 doi:10.1038/nn0703-647 Full text | PDF
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Re-uniting philosophy and neuroscience p649 Reviewed by: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore doi:10.1038/nn0703-649 Full text | PDF
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Does Broca's play by the rules? pp651 - 652 Gary F Marcus, Athena Vouloumanos
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Agrin / MuSK signaling: willing and Abl pp653 - 654 Steven J Burden, Christian Fuhrer
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The skinny on neurotrophins pp655 - 656 Brent E Wisse
& Michael W Schwartz doi:10.1038/nn0703-655 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Cortical hierarchy turned on its head pp657 - 658 Christian Büchel doi:10.1038/nn0703-657 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Watching the brain learn to read p658 John Spiro doi:10.1038/nn0703-658 Full text | PDF
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Bernard Katz 1911−2003 pp659 - 660 Stuart Cull-Candy
& Donald Jenkinson doi:10.1038/nn0703-659 Full text | PDF
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Focus on Music and the Brain Music and the brain p661 John Spiro doi:10.1038/nn0703-661 Full text | PDF
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Focus on Music and the Brain The evolution of the music faculty: a comparative perspective pp663 - 668 Marc D Hauser
& Josh McDermott Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1080 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Focus on Music and the Brain The developmental origins of musicality pp669 - 673 Sandra E Trehub Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1084 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Focus on Music and the Brain Language, music, syntax and the brain pp674 - 681 Aniruddh D Patel Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1082 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Focus on Music and the Brain Swinging in the brain: shared neural substrates for behaviors related to sequencing and music pp682 - 687 Petr Janata
& Scott T Grafton Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1081 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Focus on Music and the Brain Modularity of music processing pp688 - 691 Isabelle Peretz
& Max Coltheart Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1083 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Focus on Music and the Brain Absolute pitch: a model for understanding the influence of genes and development on neural and cognitive function pp692 - 695 Robert J Zatorre Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1085 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Sleep-dependent learning: a nap is as good as a night pp697 - 698 Sara Mednick, Ken Nakayama
& Robert Stickgold Published online: 22 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1078 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Speed of visual processing increases with eccentricity pp699 - 700 Marisa Carrasco, Brian McElree, Kristina Denisova
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Specification of dorsal telencephalic character by sequential Wnt and FGF signaling pp701 - 707 Lena Gunhaga, Matthew Marklund, My Sjödal, Jen-Chih Hsieh, Thomas M Jessell
& Thomas Edlund Published online: 25 May 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1068 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Neurexin mediates the assembly of presynaptic terminals pp708 - 716 Camin Dean, Francisco G Scholl, Jenny Choih, Shannon DeMaria, James Berger, Ehud Isacoff
& Peter Scheiffele Published online: 08 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1074 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Postsynaptic requirement for Abl kinases in assembly of the neuromuscular junction pp717 - 723 Alexander J Finn, Guoping Feng
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A T-type calcium channel required for normal function of a mammalian mechanoreceptor pp724 - 730 Jung-Bum Shin, Carlos Martinez-Salgado, Paul A Heppenstall
& Gary R Lewin Published online: 15 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1076 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Opsin activation as a cause of congenital night blindness pp731 - 735 Shengnan Jin, M Carter Cornwall
& Daniel D Oprian Published online: 01 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1070 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor regulates energy balance downstream of melanocortin-4 receptor pp736 - 742 Baoji Xu, Evan H Goulding, Keling Zang, David Cepoi, Roger D Cone, Kevin R Jones, Laurence H Tecott
& Louis F Reichardt Published online: 08 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1073 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Neuroadaptations in cystine-glutamate exchange underlie cocaine relapse pp743 - 749 David A Baker, Krista McFarland, Russell W Lake, Hui Shen, Xing-Chun Tang, Shigenobu Toda
& Peter W Kalivas Published online: 01 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1069 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Non-invasive mapping of connections between human thalamus and cortex using diffusion imaging pp750 - 757 T E J Behrens, H Johansen-Berg, M W Woolrich, S M Smith, C A M Wheeler-Kingshott, P A Boulby, G J Barker, E L Sillery, K Sheehan, O Ciccarelli, A J Thompson, J M Brady
& P M Matthews Published online: 15 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1075 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Early 'visual' cortex activation correlates with superior verbal memory performance in the blind pp758 - 766 Amir Amedi, Noa Raz, Pazit Pianka, Rafael Malach
& Ehud Zohary Published online: 15 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1072 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Development of neural mechanisms for reading pp767 - 773 Peter E Turkeltaub, Lynn Gareau, D Lynn Flowers, Thomas A Zeffiro
& Guinevere F Eden Published online: 18 May 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1065 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Broca's area and the language instinct pp774 - 781 Mariacristina Musso, Andrea Moro, Volkmar Glauche, Michel Rijntjes, Jürgen Reichenbach, Christian Büchel
& Cornelius Weiller Published online: 22 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1077 Abstract | Full text | PDF
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