Publications by authors named "Levent Degirmencioglu"
Playing a musical instrument requires fast multimodal sensory-motor processing which can be activated by voluntary access to performance imagery. Musicians use different methods to activate imagery for the purpose of "mental practice". The aim of the present study was to investigate cortical activation patterns in different methods of mental practice of musical performance.
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- Professional musicians serve as a valuable model for studying how the brain changes through training, specifically focusing on brain volume and diffusion characteristics.
- The study utilized advanced imaging techniques on seven male musicians and seven matched non-musicians, evaluating differences in gray matter, white matter, and overall brain structure.
- Although results showed trends indicating increased gray matter volume and variations in white matter in musicians, none of the differences were statistically significant, suggesting a need for further research with larger samples to confirm findings.