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Left-handed musicians show a higher probability of atypical cerebral dominance for language
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Music processing and right hemispheric language lateralization share a common network in the right auditory cortex and its frontal connections. Given that the development of hemispheric language dominance takes place over several years, this study tested whether musicianship could increase the probability of observing right language dominance in left-handers. Using a classic fMRI language paradigm, results showed that atypical lateralization was more predominant in musicians (40%) than in nonmusicians (5%). Comparison of left-handers with typical left and atypical right lateralization revealed that: (a) atypical cases presented a thicker right pars triangularis and more gyrified left Heschl's gyrus; and (b) the right pars triangularis of atypical cases showed a stronger intra-hemispheric functional connectivity with the right angular gyrus, but a weaker interhemispheric functional connectivity with part of the left Broca's area. Thus, musicianship is the first known factor related to a higher prevalence of atypical language dominance in healthy left-handed individuals. We suggest that differences in the frontal and temporal cortex might act as shared predisposing factors to both musicianship and atypical language lateralization.
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VILLAR-RODRÍGUEZ, Esteban, PALOMAR-GARCÍA, María ángeles, HERNÁNDEZ PARDO, Mireia, ADRIÁN-VENTURA, Jesús, OLCINA-SEMPERE, Gustau, PARCET, Maria antònia, ÁVILA, César. Left-handed musicians show a higher probability of atypical cerebral dominance for language. _Human Brain Mapping_. 2020. Vol. 41, núm. 8, pàgs. 2048 -2058. [consulta: 25 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 1065-9471. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/164177]