Perspectives of the brain mechanism for playing the piano in the light of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

Abstract

Integrative Medicine (IM) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) have been gradually prevalent. Authors are involved in IM, CAM, music therapy and pianoplaying. Perspectives of the brain mechanism for piano playing are described. Responsible of area in the brain include primary motor cortex (M1), dorsal pre-motor cortex (dPMC), ventral pre-motor cortex (vPMC), primary somatosensory cortex (S1), superior parietal lobule (SPL), inferior parietal lobule (IPL). Various integrated images and music are created and preserved, and then data will be changed into motion and playing the piano by the mechanism of sensory-motor transformations. Further research development concerning these will be expected.