Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208483

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0208483

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Using musical training to examine brain plasticity and cognitive skill development. Until recently, the brain was likened to a computer - hard-wired with minimal response to injury. Research is beginning to alter this view, suggesting that the brain can change its structure and functioning in response to the environment. To explore this new and exciting issue, this study will use sophisticated brain scanning techniques with musicians who have been exposed to early training during a critical period of development. It will examine the relationship between this exposure and changes in brain size and function thought to underlie a specialised ability, known as perfect pitch. The findings will have important implications about the way normal development can be enhanced by early experience and practice.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $24,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance | Radiology And Organ Imaging

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nervous system and disorders | Early childhood education | The performing arts (incl. music, theatre and dance) |

Other Keywords

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Early childhood education | Nervous system and disorders | Psychology | Radiology And Organ Imaging | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance | The performing arts (incl. music, theatre and dance)

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