Expertise-Dependent Brain Network Organization During Music Perception.

ABSTRACT: Listening to music is a ubiquitous human activity, but little is known about its functional cerebral correlates. We investigated the dynamics of fMRI-based brain activation patterns associated with two musical compositions and examined whether these patterns are modulated by the degree of musical expertise. Specifically, 24 aspiring professionals and 17 amateur musicians listened to a baroque composition by J. S. Bach and an early modern piece by A. Webern. Using measures of dynamic and static functional connectivity and graph theory, we identified two distinct brain states: one characterized by higher modularity (greater segregation), and the other by higher global efficiency (greater integration). Participants spent more time in the segregated state while listening to Bach, and more freq

SUBMITTER: Papadaki E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12663603 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature