title: Examination by near-infrared spectroscopy for evaluation of piano performance as a frontal lobe activation task.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to reveal the activation of the frontal lobe in piano performance by the use of near-infrared spectroscopy. Participants wereseven healthy volunteer music college students. The results of the examination showed a tendency towards an increase in total hemoglobin volume over a wider area in the frontal part of the brain during an appropriate piano task compared with an easy piano task or the Keio version of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. The results suggest that piano performance is recognized as a frontal lobe-activating task and that performance of an appropriate piano task can be expected to elicit wider activation of the frontal lobe than an easy one.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kanagawa Rehabilitation Hospital, Atsugi, Japan. keiman@theia.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tategami
authors.forename: Takatsugu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seta
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abo
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohashi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared