{"id":10876,"date":"2019-07-11T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/?p=10876"},"modified":"2024-07-18T23:02:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T23:02:33","slug":"frqnt-funded-research-project-on-the-impact-of-musical-activities-on-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/frqnt-funded-research-project-on-the-impact-of-musical-activities-on-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"FRQNT-funded research project on the impact of musical activities on the brain"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10876\" class=\"elementor elementor-10876 elementor-2693\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5903bd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5903bd1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5ef7d7\" data-id=\"d5ef7d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-255a278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"255a278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is the start of our ambitious team research project on the impacts of singing and music practice on brain aging! We call this project PICCOLO from the French \u201cProjet de recherche sur les effets de la <strong>P<\/strong>ratique d\u2019un <strong>I<\/strong>nstrument ou du <strong>C<\/strong>hant sur la <strong>CO<\/strong>gnition, le <strong>L<\/strong>angage et l\u2019<strong>O<\/strong>rganisation c\u00e9r\u00e9brale\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3d3ffa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3d3ffa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This major project follows our recent study on the effects of singing on the brain during aging. The PICCOLO project aims to examine whether different forms of musical activities have similar or different effects on the brain. These effects will be compared to those generated by the practice of complex, non-musical activities, defined as (non-aerobic) activities that involve body movements and cognition.<\/p><p>Are musical activities &#8220;special&#8221;? We will find out by analyzing the linguistic, auditory, cognitive, and emotional abilities of 150 singers, musicians, and people engaged in complex non-musical activities and by linking these data to the structure (gray and white matter) and function of their brain at rest and during language tasks using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).<\/p><p>A &#8220;team&#8221; project? YES! Pascale Tremblay, director of our laboratory at the CERVO Research Center, obtained funding from the <a href=\"https:\/\/frq.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/\">Fonds de recherche du Qu\u00e9bec \u2013 Nature et technologies (FRQNT)<\/a> in 2018 to develop this complex research project! The FRQNT is a non-profit organization established under the Act respecting the Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Enseignement sup\u00e9rieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie. The FRQNT supports research in the broad fields of natural sciences and engineering.<\/p><p>The project team includes professors from four faculties at Universit\u00e9 Laval (Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Music, Faculty of Social Sciences, and Faculty of Arts and Humanities) as well as researchers from other universities (Sherbrooke, Concordia, and the GIPSA Lab in France). A former master&#8217;s student from the laboratory, \u00c9lisabeth Maillard, added her medical expertise to the project for a while to the project, and has now completed her <a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.ulaval.ca\/entities\/publication\/0513a6ae-e529-406b-80c4-259277f28819\">master degree<\/a>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a58eddf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a58eddf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10905\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-540x453.jpg 540w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-860x721.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9beb23e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9beb23e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This project is &#8220;interdisciplinary&#8221; due to the team leading it, but also because it encompasses several fields of research:<\/p><ul><li>Cognitive neuroscience, which focuses on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying cognition (e.g., perception, language, emotions)<\/li><li>Music<\/li><li>Linguistics, for the characterization of language phenomena associated with aging<\/li><li>Geriatrics, the study of aging<\/li><li>Rehabilitation sciences, which aim to understand the biological mechanisms that cause physical or mental disabilities, or that contribute to the recovery of these functions.<\/li><\/ul><p>Stay tuned for updates about this project!<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7401c19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7401c19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Project team members:<\/p><p>Pascale Tremblay, Ph.D.: Lab director, Full Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation, Universit\u00e9 Laval. Expertise: Cognitive neuroscience, multimodal neuroimaging, language, aging.<\/p><p>Johanna-Pascale Roy, Ph.D.: Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Translation, Universit\u00e9 Laval. Expertise: Phonetics.<\/p><p>Philip Jackson, Ph.D.: Full Professor in the School of Psychiatry, Universit\u00e9 Laval. Expertise: Emotions, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).<\/p><p>Virginia Penhune, Ph.D.: Full Professor in the Department of Psychology, Concordia University. Expertise: Motor learning and brain plasticity, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).<\/p><p>Jos\u00e9e Vaillancourt, Ph.D.: Associate Professor in the Faculty of Music, Universit\u00e9 Laval. Expertise: Singing.<\/p><p>Maxime Descoteaux, Ph.D.: Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke. Expertise: White matter imaging.<\/p><p>Alexandre Sicard, M.Sc., Doctoral student in the lab. Interested in the effect of age and musical experience on brain structure.<\/p><p>Xiyez Zhang, M.Sc., Doctoral student in the lab. Interested in the effect of age and musical experience on brain function.<\/p><p>\u00c9lisabeth Maillard, M.D.: Former master&#8217;s student in the laboratory, Universit\u00e9 Laval. Physician, interested in clinical interventions using music and the arts.<\/p><p>Anna Marczyk, Ph.D.: collaborator, former postdoc at Universit\u00e9 de Grenoble. Expertise: Phonetics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d0b5b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d0b5b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-831c5bd\" data-id=\"831c5bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c596156 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c596156\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To learn more<\/p><ul><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/la-matiere-grise-et-blanche-2\/\">Gray and white matter<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/comment-fonctionne-le-cerveau-humain\/\">How does the human brain work?<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/launch-of-the-lab-video\/\">Launch of the lab video<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri\/\">Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/new-scientific-article-about-the-impact-of-singing-on-articulation\/\">New scientific article about the impact of singing on articulation<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/new-scientific-article-on-the-impact-of-singing-onbrain-networks\/\">New\u00a0Scientific\u00a0Article on\u00a0the Impact of Singing on Brain\u00a0Networks<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/science-poupees-russes-encore-plus-de-figurines\/\">Science and Russian dolls\u2014Even more figurines<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/scientific-article-on-the-benefits-of-choral-singing\/\">Scientific Article on the Benefits of Choral Singing<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/the-anatomy-of-the-human-brain\/\">The anatomy of the human brain<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the start of our ambitious team research project on the impacts of singing and music practice on brain aging! 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