Music-reading deficiencies and the brain

• Authors: Sylvie Hébert , Lola L. Cuddy

Abstracts

EN

This paper reviews the literature on brain damage and music reading for the past 25 years. Acquired patterns of selective loss and sparing are described, including both the association and dissociation of music and text reading, and association and dissociation among components of music reading. As well, we suggest that developmental music - reading deficiencies may be isolated in a form analogous to developmental dyslexia for text or congenital amusia for auditory music processing. Finally, we propose that the results of brain damage studies can contribute to the development of a model of normal music reading.

Keywords

EN

music reading; brain damage; music dyslexia

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Zarządzania w Warszawie
• Journal: Advances in Cognitive Psychology
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2-3
• Pages: 199-206

Contributors

author

Sylvie Hébert

• École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Université de Montréal

author

Lola L. Cuddy

• Department of Psychology, Queen's University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10053-008-0055-7