Neuroplastic changes in solo vocalists

将首次评估专业和非专业独唱歌手之间的神经可塑性差异，并将调查神经反馈训练对神经痉挛、工作记忆和音乐表现的影响，并与标准放松技术进行比较。神经反馈训练旨在增加EEG中的theta活动。在申请者前期工作的基础上，利用功能磁共振成像和电生理方法，我们打算证明专业歌手皮质激活的经济性增加，在歌唱和想象演唱过程中主要听觉区域的额外激活，以及芒特和咽部代表部位的可能变化。神经反馈训练可增加神经元的重组过程，增强工作记忆和音乐表演效能。

For the first time neuroplastical differences between professional and non-professional solo vocalists shall be assessed ant the effects of a neurofeedback training, that aims at increasing theta activity in the EEG, on neuropsasticity, working memory and musical perfomance will be investigated and compared to a standard relaxation technique. Utilizing functional magnetic resonance imaging and electrophysiological measures based on preliminary work of the applicants, we intent to prove an increased economy of cortical activation in professional singers, additional activation of primary auditory areas during singing and imagination of singing and possible changes in mounth an dpharyngeal representation sites. Neurofeedback training shall induce an increase there neuronal processes of reorganisaion and enhance working memory and musical performance efficacy.