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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) on left cerebellar hemisphere affects mental rotation tasks during music listening.
Silvia PicazioMassimiliano OliveriCarlo CaltagironeLaura PetrosiniGiacomo Kochsubject
MaleAnatomy and PhysiologyTime FactorsCTBSlcsh:MedicineAudiologySocial and Behavioral SciencesMental rotationMUSICBehavioral NeuroscienceMental ProcessesCerebellar hemisphereTask Performance and AnalysisPsychologyTheta Rhythmlcsh:ScienceMultidisciplinaryMusic psychologyCognitive NeurologyBRAIN STIMULATIONExperimental PsychologyhumanitiesMental HealthNeurologyAuditory PerceptionMedicineSensory PerceptionFemalepsychological phenomena and processesResearch ArticleAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentCognitive NeuroscienceNeurophysiologyBiologybehavioral disciplines and activitiesLateralization of brain functionNeurological SystemNOYoung AdultMotor imageryNeuropsychologymedicineReaction TimeHumansActive listeningMozart effectBiologyCEREBELLUMSettore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia E Psicologia Fisiologicalcsh:RCognitive PsychologyNeuroanatomyAcoustic Stimulationlcsh:QNeurosciencedescription
Converging evidence suggests an association between spatial and music domains. A cerebellar role in music-related information processing as well as in spatial-temporal tasks has been documented. Here, we investigated the cerebellar role in the association between spatial and musical domains, by testing performances in embodied (EMR) or abstract (AMR) mental rotation tasks of subjects listening Mozart Sonata K.448, which is reported to improve spatial-temporal reasoning, in the presence or in the absence of continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) of the left cerebellar hemisphere. In the absence of cerebellar cTBS, music listening did not influence either MR task, thus not revealing a “Mozart Effect”. Cerebellar cTBS applied before musical listening made subjects faster (P = 0.005) and less accurate (P = 0.005) in performing the EMR but not the AMR task. Thus, cerebellar inhibition by TBS unmasked the effect of musical listening on motor imagery. These data support a coupling between music listening and sensory-motor integration in cerebellar networks for embodied representations.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2013-05-01 |