Pantev C, Roberts L E, Schulz M, Engelien A, Ross B
Biomagnetism Center, Institute for Experimental Audiology, University of Münster, Germany.
Neuroreport. 2001 Jan 22;12(1):169-74. doi: 10.1097/00001756-200101220-00041.
Neural imaging studies have shown that the brains of skilled musicians respond differently to musical stimuli than do the brains of non-musicians, particularly for musicians who commenced practice at an early age. Whether brain attributes related to musical skill are attributable to musical practice or are hereditary traits that influence the decision to train musically is a subject of controversy, owing to its pedagogic implications. Here we report that auditory cortical representations measured neuromagnetically for tones of different timbre (violin and trumpet) are enhanced compared to sine tones in violinists and trumpeters, preferentially for timbres of the instrument of training. Timbre specificity is predicted by a principle of use-dependent plasticity and imposes new requirements on nativistic accounts of brain attributes associated with musical skill.
神经成像研究表明，熟练音乐家的大脑对音乐刺激的反应与非音乐家的大脑不同，对于那些自幼开始练习的音乐家来说尤其如此。与音乐技能相关的大脑特征是归因于音乐练习还是影响音乐训练决定的遗传特征，这是一个存在争议的问题，因为它具有教学意义。我们在此报告，通过神经磁学测量，小提琴家和小号演奏家对于不同音色（小提琴和小号）音调的听觉皮层表征相较于正弦音调得到了增强，且优先增强的是所训练乐器的音色。音色特异性由使用依赖可塑性原理预测得出，并对与音乐技能相关的大脑特征的先天论解释提出了新的要求。
