The human language system, including its inferior frontal component in "Broca's area," does not support music perception.

ABSTRACT: Language and music are two human-unique capacities whose relationship remains debated. Some have argued for overlap in processing mechanisms, especially for structure processing. Such claims often concern the inferior frontal component of the language system located within "Broca's area." However, others have failed to find overlap. Using a robust individual-subject fMRI approach, we examined the responses of language brain regions to music stimuli, and probed the musical abilities of individuals with severe aphasia. Across 4 experiments, we obtained a clear answer: music perception does not engage the language system, and judgments about music structure are possible even in the presence of severe damage to the language network. In particular, the language regions' responses to music are g

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10505454 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature