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Brain, Vol. 125, No. 2, 223-224, February 1, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

Editorial

Neuropsychology of musical perception: new perspectives

Hervé Platel

INSERM U.320, University of Caen, France

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For now well over a century, neuropsychologists have investigated the various components of auditory perception. The central disorders of this perception have been a topic of considerable interest, mainly through observations of auditory agnosia or amusia (selective loss of musical abilities). In a remarkable way, it was shown that the disorders of music and language perception could be dissociated. Although it is usual to assert that the perception of music is subserved by the right hemisphere, observations of brain-damaged patients reveal the involvement of both hemispheres. The idea, that amusia follows generally right hemispherical lesions, corresponds in particular to the fact that, in rare cases where musicians have . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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