Regional cerebral blood flow for singers and nonsingers while speaking, singing, and humming a rote passage

Journal Article · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Brain and Language; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0093-934X(89)90094-1· OSTI ID:5601038

Formby, C; Thomas, R G; Halsey, Jr, J H ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville (USA)

Two groups of singers (n = 12,13) and a group of nonsingers (n = 12) each produced the national anthem by (1) speaking and (2) singing the words and by (3) humming the melody. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured at rest and during each phonation task from seven areas in each hemisphere by the {sup 133}Xe-inhalation method. Intrahemisphere, interhemisphere, and global rCBF were generally similar across phonation tasks and did not yield appreciable differences among the nonsingers and the singers.

• OSTI ID: 5601038
• Journal Information: Brain and Language; (USA), Vol. 36:4; ISSN 0093-934X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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