About the Authors

Catherine Y. Wan

cwan@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliation Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Loes Bazen

Affiliation Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rebecca Baars

Affiliation Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Amanda Libenson

Affiliation Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lauryn Zipse

Affiliation Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jennifer Zuk

Affiliation Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrea Norton

Affiliation Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gottfried Schlaug

Affiliation Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW LB RB AL LZ AN GZ. Performed the experiments: CW LB RB AL LZ AN. Analyzed the data: CW LB RB AL LZ JZ AN GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW LB RB AL LZ JZ AN GS. Wrote the paper: CW LB RB AL LZ JZ AN GS.