Music to My Ears: Neural modularity and flexibility differ in response to real-world music stimuli

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dc.citation.firstpage98en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleIBRO Neuroscience Reportsen_US
dc.citation.lastpage107en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber12en_US
dc.contributor.authorBonomo, Melia E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBrandt, Anthony K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFrazier, J. Todden_US
dc.contributor.authorKarmonik, Christofen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-27T20:24:08Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-01-27T20:24:08Zen_US
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractMusic listening involves many simultaneous neural operations, including auditory processing, working memory, temporal sequencing, pitch tracking, anticipation, reward, and emotion, and thus, a full investigation of music cognition would benefit from whole-brain analyses. Here, we quantify whole-brain activity while participants listen to a variety of music and speech auditory pieces using two network measures that are grounded in complex systems theory: modularity, which measures the degree to which brain regions are interacting in communities, and flexibility, which measures the rate that brain regions switch the communities to which they belong. In a music and brain connectivity study that is part of a larger clinical investigation into music listening and stroke recovery at Houston Methodist Hospital’s Center for Performing Arts Medicine, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was performed on healthy participants while they listened to self-selected music to which they felt a positive emotional attachment, as well as culturally familiar music (J.S. Bach), culturally unfamiliar music (Gagaku court music of medieval Japan), and several excerpts of speech. There was a marked contrast among the whole-brain networks during the different types of auditory pieces, in particular for the unfamiliar music. During the self-selected and Bach tracks, participants’ whole-brain networks exhibited modular organization that was significantly coordinated with the network flexibility. Meanwhile, when the Gagaku music was played, this relationship between brain network modularity and flexibility largely disappeared. In addition, while the auditory cortex’s flexibility during the self-selected piece was equivalent to that during Bach, it was more flexible during Gagaku. The results suggest that the modularity and flexibility measures of whole-brain activity have the potential to lead to new insights into the complex neural function that occurs during music perception of real-world songs.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBonomo, Melia E., Brandt, Anthony K., Frazier, J. Todd, et al.. "Music to My Ears: Neural modularity and flexibility differ in response to real-world music stimuli." <i>IBRO Neuroscience Reports,</i> 12, (2022) Elsevier: 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibneur.2021.12.007.en_US
dc.identifier.digital1-s2-0-S2667242121000567-mainen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibneur.2021.12.007en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/111949en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsThis is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).en_US
dc.titleMusic to My Ears: Neural modularity and flexibility differ in response to real-world music stimulien_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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