motor amusia
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vocal motor amusia — amusia in which the patient cannot sing in tune … Medical dictionary
Amusia — The inability to recognize musical tones or to reproduce them. Amusia can be congenital (present at birth) or be acquired sometime later in life (as from brain damage). Amusia is composed of a + musia and literally means the lack of music. Also… … Medical dictionary
amusia — (ˈ)āˈmyüzēə noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek amousia lack of harmony, from amousos without song (from a a (II) + mousa muse, music) + ia : a condition marked by an in … Useful english dictionary
Music-related memory — Musical memory refers to the ability to remember music related information, such as melodic content and other progressions of tones or pitches. The differences found between linguistic memory and musical memory have led researchers to theorize… … Wikipedia
Music-specific disorders — Neuroscientists have learned a lot about the role of the brain in numerous cognitive mechanisms by understanding corresponding disorders. Similarly, neuroscientists have come to learn a lot about music cognition by studying music specific… … Wikipedia
Cognitive neuroscience of music — The cognitive neuroscience of music is the scientific study of brain based mechanisms involved in the cognitive processes underlying music. Methods include functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS),… … Wikipedia
Auditory agnosia — is a form of agnosia that manifests primarily in the inability to recognize or differentiate between sounds. It is not a physical defect, but a mental inability to allow the brain to process what the sound means. Persons with auditory agnosia can … Wikipedia
Aphasia — Literally aphasia means no speech. Aphasia can apply to a defect in expression or comprehension. * * * Impaired or absent comprehension or production of, or communication by, speech, writing, or signs, due to an acquired lesion of the dominant… … Medical dictionary
Agnosia — For the Spanish film, see Agnosía. Agnosia Classification and external resources ICD 10 R48.1 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Language module — refers to a hypothesized structure in the human brain (anatomical module) or cognitive system (functional module) that some psycholinguists (e.g., Steven Pinker) claim contains innate capacities for language. According to Jerry Fodor the sine qua … Wikipedia
