11. Nature, Nurture, and Musical Brains 31:00

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  • Music and the Brain: 18 lectures
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  • Aniruddh D. Patel

Use neuroimaging to investigate the ways that brains of musicians differ from those of non-musicians, asking whether the differences are due to nature or nurture - whether they are inborn or the result of experience. Pinpoint brain structures involved in such musical skills as absolute pitch.

Music and the Brain: 18 lectures

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