Musical Expertise Increases Top-Down Modulation Over Hippocampal Activation during Familiarity Decisions.

ABSTRACT: The hippocampus has classically been associated with episodic memory, but is sometimes also recruited during semantic memory tasks, especially for the skilled exploration of familiar information. Cognitive control mechanisms guiding semantic memory search may benefit from the set of cognitive processes at stake during musical training. Here, we examined using functional magnetic resonance imaging, whether musical expertise would promote the top-down control of the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) over the generation of hippocampally based goal-directed thoughts mediating the familiarity judgment of proverbs and musical items. Analyses of behavioral data confirmed that musical experts more efficiently access familiar melodies than non-musicians although such increased ability did not tran

SUBMITTER: Gagnepain P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5626938 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature