Music Center - Ongakuchuusu

Japanese: 音楽中枢 - おんがくちゅうすう
Music Center - Ongakuchuusu

…In contrast, when a person who once had musical ability loses that ability due to some cause such as illness or injury, it is called amusia. The cause of tone deafness is said to be a developmental disorder of the musical center presumably in the right hemisphere of the brain, and is thought to be due to both genetic and environmental factors, but it remains medically unsolved. Tone deafness is broadly divided into sensory tone deafness and motor tone deafness. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "music center" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これに対して,かつて音楽能力があった者が疾病,外傷など何らかの原因によってその能力を失った場合を〈失音楽症〉という。音痴の原因は,大脳右半球に推定される音楽中枢の発育障害による機能不全であるとされ,遺伝と環境の双方に起因するものとみられているが,医学的には未解決である。音痴は感覚性音痴と運動性音痴に大別される。…

※「音楽中枢」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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