Modularity of music processing
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- 25 June 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Neuroscience
- Vol. 6 (7) , 688-691
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1083
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.Keywords
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