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April 5, 2026Neuroimage ReportsOpen Access

Cross-modal plasticity in a blind jazz pianist and prodigy

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KBKaren Chan BarrettCGChetan GiduturiNJNicole T. Jiam

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Case study demonstrating neural adaptations in a blind jazz pianist, revealing significant cross-modal plasticity.

Key Points

  • Examine how cortical plasticity supports musical expertise in a blind jazz pianist.
  • Case study of Matthew Whitaker, a blind jazz pianist.
  • Functional MRI used to assess neural activity during music perception and improvisation.
  • Internal controls contrasted experimental conditions with matched control tasks.
  • Occipital visual regions recruited during music perception.
  • Fusiform face areas engaged during proprioceptive navigation of the keyboard.
  • Improvisation showed coordinated activation and deactivation across frontal and occipital regions.

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Barrett et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d1fde4a79560c99a0a43e7https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynirp.2026.100341
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