ABSTRACT

Studying music perception in normal and patient populations provides insights into neural networks of music processing and also into how far these are domain-specific or shared with other materials (e.g., language). Studying impairments and malfunctioning is complementary to studying the healthy system with its musical networks and connections. It also provides perspectives on how music may be used to stimulate impaired perceptual, cognitive and motor functions (Bigand et al., 2015).