{"id":12621,"date":"2025-06-15T21:59:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/?p=12621"},"modified":"2025-06-15T22:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T22:01:17","slug":"piccolo-project-in-pictures-part-four-impacts-on-brain-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/piccolo-project-in-pictures-part-four-impacts-on-brain-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"PICCOLO Project in Pictures. Part Four: Impacts on Brain Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12621\" class=\"elementor elementor-12621\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7dbd250 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7dbd250\" 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-570e17d\" data-id=\"570e17d\" 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-fc3b4b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc3b4b8\" 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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are pleased to present the fourth infographic derived from the fourth study published using data from our large-scale research project, PICCOLO!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designed by Xiyue Zhang, a PhD student in our lab, this infographic highlights the latest findings from the PICCOLO project on the effects of amateur musical practice on resting-state fMRI. For an introduction of resting-state fMRI, see this blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/que-fait-votre-cerveau-lorsque-vous-vous-reposez\/\">https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/que-fait-votre-cerveau-lorsque-vous-vous-reposez\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PICCOLO project focuses on the effects of Instrumental or Vocal Practice on Cognition, Language, and Brain Organization. It aims to determine whether different forms of musical activities\u2014such as singing and playing a musical instrument\u2014have similar or distinct effects on the brain, compared to non-musical activities. Click here <a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/projet-en-equipe-du-frqnt-2\/\">https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/projet-en-equipe-du-frqnt-2\/<\/a> to read our blog post introducing the project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this fourth infographic, we present the results of a study by Xiyue Zhang and Pascale Tremblay, which was published in 2025 in the journal Aperture Neuro.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study explores how brain aging\u2014specifically through resting-state fMRI\u2014is related to attention, inhibition, and working memory in adults who engage in musical or non-musical activities, with a focus on brain plasticity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dive into the infographic to discover whether the resting-state networks differ between singers \ud83c\udfa4, instrumentalists \ud83c\udfb8\ud83c\udfbb, and non-musicians. You can click on the infographic to enlarge or download it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about this study, read the scientific article itself by clicking here: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apertureneuro.org\/article\/130919-aging-of-resting-state-functional-connectivity-in-amateur-singers-instrumentalists-and-controls\">https:\/\/apertureneuro.org\/article\/130919-aging-of-resting-state-functional-connectivity-in-amateur-singers-instrumentalists-and-controls<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Happy reading! \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhang, X., &amp; Tremblay, P. (2025). Aging of resting-state functional connectivity in amateur singers, instrumentalists and controls. Aperture Neuro, 5.\u00a0<\/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-4764149 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4764149\" 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-4c3c711\" data-id=\"4c3c711\" 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-3b96397 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b96397\" 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><strong>Suggested readings<\/strong> :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/que-fait-votre-cerveau-lorsque-vous-vous-reposez\/\">What is your brain doing when you rest?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/frqnt-funded-research-project-on-the-impact-of-musical-activities-on-the-brain\/\">FRQNT-funded research project on the impact of musical activities on the brain<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri\/\">Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/piccolo-project-in-images-part-one-impacts-on-articulation\/\">PICCOLO Project in Images. Part One: Impacts on Articulation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/piccolo-project-in-images-part-one-impacts-on-cognition\/\">PICCOLO Project in Images. Part Two: Impacts on Cognition<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/piccolo-project-in-pictures-part-three-impacts-on-the-attention-network\/\">PICCOLO Project in Pictures. Part Three: Impacts on the Attention Network<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/la-matiere-grise-et-blanche-2\/\">Gray and white matter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/aging-and-brain-volume\/\">Aging and brain volume<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/la-pratique-musicale-peut-elle-ameliorer-lecoute-de-conversations-dans-le-bruit\/\">Can musical practice improve listening to conversations in noise?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><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><\/li>\n<li><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><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/pascale-presents-our-work-at-the-neurosciences-and-music-viii-congress-in-helsinki-finland\/\">Pascale presents our work at the \u201cNeurosciences and Music VIII\u201d congress in Helsinki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/alexandres-study-presented-at-the-scientific-day-of-the-quebec-bio-imaging-network-qbin\/\">Alexandre\u2019s study presented at the Scientific Day of the Quebec Bio-Imaging Network (QBIN)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/lab-paper-on-aging-and-singing\/\">Lab paper on aging and singing!\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/scientific-article-on-the-benefits-of-choral-singing\/\">Scientific Article on the Benefits of Choral Singing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/comment-fonctionne-le-cerveau-humain\/\">How does the human brain work?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/le-cerveau-une-foret-de-neurones\/\">A forest of neurons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/les-fonctions-cognitives\/\">Cognitive functions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/inducing-plasticity\/\">Inducing plasticity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/pascale-titulaire-dune-chaire-de-recherche-du-canada-%f0%9f%87%a8%f0%9f%87%a6\/\">Pascale holder of a Canada Research Chair\u00a0\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/the-anatomy-of-the-human-brain\/\">The anatomy of the human brain<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fe65ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fe65ff\" 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-a6b3b23\" data-id=\"a6b3b23\" 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-9f58a08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f58a08\" 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 decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Infographie_RSFC_ENG_V3.pdf\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" 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