Neuroplasticity in Auditory-Motor Networks: Learning, Training, Performance, Therapy
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurotechnology and Neuroimaging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 September 2020) | Viewed by 228
Special Issue Editor
Interests: the neural and psychophysical basis of music and rhythm perception; clinical application of music and rhythm to motor, speech/language, and cognitive training in neurologic disorders
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Dear Colleagues,
Auditory–motor brain networks are important in high-performance environments such as sports or music but also in many activities executed in daily living and receiving a new focus even in neurorehabilitation. This Special Issue invites contributions from motor control research in general, in sports, music, and clinical rehabilitation, with a special emphasis on neuroplastic processes.
The role of the auditory system in motor leaning has for many decades not received the same attention as other sensory systems, such as vision or proprioception. In music, the case has been different, but although there has been a wide range of insightful studies on music perception for many decades, brain research on music production is considerably smaller, and neural underpinnings for motor learning in music are not well elucidated.
However, the auditory system is the fastest and most precise temporal information processing in the brain, and new research has begun to recognize the importance of the auditory system in motor learning. Knowledge about the neuroplastic processes underlying auditory–motor learning is in its beginning stages. Therefore, this invitation hopefully stimulates progress and investigation in this important topic to understand the neural underpinnings of auditory motor learning, to help to optimize motor learning strategies, including movement sonification approaches, to reduce injury in high-end motor training, and to provide deeper insight into applications to motor rehabilitation.
Prof. Dr. Michael H. Thaut
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Auditory system
- Motor control
- Brain network connectivity
- Music
- Sports science
- Neurorehabilitation
