TSI Efficacy Study for Adults

TSI: Focused Attention
An Efficacy Study for Adults
September 2014
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NACD Field Study

TSI: Focused Attention
Field Study Report
July 20, 2011
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TSI Program Report of Data

REPORT OF DATA
TSI: Focused Attention
 Program
August 18, 2011
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Related Research

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Russo NM, Nicol TG, Zecker SG, Hayes EA, Kraus N. (2005) Auditory training improves neural timing in the human brainstem. Behav Brain Res, 156, 95-103.

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Related Article Links

Music Training Benefits the Brain:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/2012/08/21/even-a-few-years-of-music-training-benefits-the-brain

Musician Enhancement for Speech-In-Noise:
http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/brainvolts/documents/parberyclark_2009.pdf

Musical experience shapes human brainstem encoding of linguistic pitch patterns:
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v10/n4/abs/nn1872.html

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