Abstract
The music faculty is not a monolithic entity that a person either has or does not. Rather, it comprises a set of neurally isolable processing components, each having the potential to be specialized for music. Here we propose a functional architecture for music processing that captures the typical properties of modular organization. The model rests essentially on the analysis of music-related deficits in neurologically impaired individuals, but provides useful guidelines for exploring the music faculty in normal people, using methods such as neuroimaging.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 688-691 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Nature Neuroscience |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2003 |