TY - JOUR
T1 - The Functional Brain Networks Activated by Music Listening
T2 - A Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis and Implications for Treatment
AU - Chan, Melody M.Y.
AU - Han, Yvonne M.Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the research grant [ZE65] from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The authors declare that there is no commercial or financial conflict of interest.We thank Shanjin Chan, K. Y. Cheung, M. H. Choi, S. C. Tsang, and Anisha Wong for their efforts in supporting the article screening, study inclusion, and data extraction processes
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Psychological Association
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Objective: Previous behavioral studies show that music listening enhances attention and working memory in both healthy and clinical populations. However, how music listening engages brain functional networksremains elusive due to inconsistent results from previous findings. Method: A meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging data using seed-based d mapping (SDM) with permutation of subject images was performed. Studies that presented music listening paradigms to healthy individuals were included. Subgroup analyses were performed to investigate the effects of music genres on brain activation. To examine functional network correlates, voxels that were significantly activated by music listening were overlaid onto cortical, subcortical, and striatal network parcellations. Results: Whole-group analysis showed that ventral attention, somatomotor, default, dorsal attention, frontoparietal, and limbic networks significantly coactivated during music listening (familywise error-corrected p <.01). Specifically, music listening activated multiple frontal, temporal, subcortical, and cerebellar regions. Subgroup analyses revealed that classical music, but not songs or simple tunes, activated the limbic network. Meta-regression analysis revealed nonsignificant correlations between years of music training and all brain regions activated during music listening. Conclusions: Music listening bilaterally activated multiple cortical, subcortical, and cerebellar regions encompassing multiple brain networks that were not modulated by music trainingexperience. It is recommended that music listening can be applied to people with neurological disorders to modulate the disordered functional brain networks known to underlie the pathophysiology of these diseases, while future studies may help delineate the effects of music preferences on brain activation patterns among these patients to promote the development of evidence-based medicine
AB - Objective: Previous behavioral studies show that music listening enhances attention and working memory in both healthy and clinical populations. However, how music listening engages brain functional networksremains elusive due to inconsistent results from previous findings. Method: A meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging data using seed-based d mapping (SDM) with permutation of subject images was performed. Studies that presented music listening paradigms to healthy individuals were included. Subgroup analyses were performed to investigate the effects of music genres on brain activation. To examine functional network correlates, voxels that were significantly activated by music listening were overlaid onto cortical, subcortical, and striatal network parcellations. Results: Whole-group analysis showed that ventral attention, somatomotor, default, dorsal attention, frontoparietal, and limbic networks significantly coactivated during music listening (familywise error-corrected p <.01). Specifically, music listening activated multiple frontal, temporal, subcortical, and cerebellar regions. Subgroup analyses revealed that classical music, but not songs or simple tunes, activated the limbic network. Meta-regression analysis revealed nonsignificant correlations between years of music training and all brain regions activated during music listening. Conclusions: Music listening bilaterally activated multiple cortical, subcortical, and cerebellar regions encompassing multiple brain networks that were not modulated by music trainingexperience. It is recommended that music listening can be applied to people with neurological disorders to modulate the disordered functional brain networks known to underlie the pathophysiology of these diseases, while future studies may help delineate the effects of music preferences on brain activation patterns among these patients to promote the development of evidence-based medicine
KW - fMRI
KW - meta-analysis
KW - music
KW - resting state network
KW - SDM-PSI
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U2 - 10.1037/neu0000777
DO - 10.1037/neu0000777
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34636582
AN - SCOPUS:85119274371
SN - 0894-4105
JO - Neuropsychology
JF - Neuropsychology
ER -