The Effect of Learning to Drum on Behavior and Brain Function in Autistic Adolescents
Marie-Stephanie Cahart ,  Ali Amad, Stephen B. Draper, and  Steven C. R. Williams

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Improved Executive Function and Callosal White Matter Microstructure after Rhythm Exercise in Huntington's Disease.
Metzler-Baddeley, Cantera, Coulthard, Rosser, Jones, Baddeley 

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The Traditional Healing Properties of the Drum Merge with the Latest Research from the Fields of Neuroscience and Trauma Informed Care.   
Simon Faulkner

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Motor Learning Induces Plasticity in the Resting
Brain—Drumming Up a Connection
Ali Amad, Jade Seidman, Stephen B. Draper, Muriel M. K. Bruchhage,
Ruth G. Lowry, James Wheeler, Andrew Robertson, Steven C. R. Williams
and Marcus S. Smith

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​Musical Training Creates New Brain Connections in Children
Pilar Dies-Suarez, M.D  Silvia Hidalgo-Tobon, Ph.D., Benito De Celis Alonso, Ph.D., Coral Guerrero, and Eduardo Castro Sierra, M.D.

According to research undertaken in Mexico with Boomwhackers, taking music lessons increases brain fibre connections in children and may be useful in treating autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

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the Effects of Musical Training on Structural Brain Development
A Longitudinal Study
Krista L. Hyde, Jason Lerch, Andrea Norton,
Marie Forgeard, Ellen Winner, Alan C. Evans,
and Gottfried Schlaug

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Synchronized Drumming Enhances Activity in the Caudate and Facilitates Prosocial Commitment - If the Rhythm Comes Easily
Idil Kokal, Annerose Engel, Sebastian Kirschner, Christian Keysers

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The Ability to Move to a Beat Is Linked to the Consistency of Neural Responses to Sound Adam Tierney and Nina Kraus

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