Schlaug G, Jäncke L, Huang Y, Steinmetz H
Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
Science. 1995 Feb 3;267(5198):699-701. doi: 10.1126/science.7839149.
Certain human talents, such as musical ability, have been associated with left-right differences in brain structure and function. In vivo magnetic resonance morphometry of the brain in musicians was used to measure the anatomical asymmetry of the planum temporale, a brain area containing auditory association cortex and previously shown to be a marker of structural and functional asymmetry. Musicians with perfect pitch revealed stronger leftward planum temporale asymmetry than nonmusicians or musicians without perfect pitch. The results indicate that outstanding musical ability is associated with increased leftward asymmetry of cortex subserving music-related functions.
某些人类天赋，如音乐能力，与大脑结构和功能的左右差异有关。对音乐家大脑进行的活体磁共振形态测量，用于测量颞平面的解剖不对称性，颞平面是一个包含听觉联合皮层的脑区，此前已被证明是结构和功能不对称的一个标志。具有绝对音高的音乐家比非音乐家或没有绝对音高的音乐家表现出更强的颞平面左向不对称。结果表明，卓越的音乐能力与服务于音乐相关功能的皮层左向不对称增加有关。
