Alosaimi, Manal
(2020)
Structural and functional brain plasticity for acquisition of drumming expertise
PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.
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Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has greatly extended the study of neuroplasticity in the human brain. Imaging studies conducted over recent years uncovered structural changes that occur in both grey and white matter, with most of these studies focusing on changes that occur after learning new skills. Learning, including learning to play a musical instrument, has been shown to trigger functional and structural brain plasticity. Neurological research into the effects of music have of late grown considerably and provided valuable insight into neural mechanisms that govern perception, as well as motor production of music in the healthy brain. The main goal of this project was to quantify functional and structural changes in response to learning a new musical motor task, in this case drumming. For this, we investigated the effects of drum playing on structural and functional plasticity over a six-months drumming learning course. 15 healthy volunteer non-drummers received a 45-minute drumming training session each week over 21 weeks, delivered by the professional drumming tutor. High resolution T1- weighted structural and task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measurements were acquired at the ... (continues)
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > Inst. Population Health |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 04 May 2021 14:54 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2024 23:35 |
| DOI: | 10.17638/03119986 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3119986 |
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