When Music Loses Its Pleasure: Hippocampal Cingulum White Matter as a Structural Mediator of Musical Reward Decline in Aging.

Wang J, Kathios N, Kubit B, Lopez K, Kim JC, Large E, Noble S, Loui P

DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.16.738989
Published: 2026 Jul 17
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@article{allodium:10.64898/2026.07.16.738989,
  title = {When Music Loses Its Pleasure: Hippocampal Cingulum White Matter as a Structural Mediator of Musical Reward Decline in Aging.},
  author = {Wang J and Kathios N and Kubit B and Lopez K and Kim JC and Large E and Noble S and Loui P},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology},
  doi = {10.64898/2026.07.16.738989},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.16.738989}
}

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J, W., N, K., B, K., K, L., JC, K., E, L., S, N., & P, L. (2026). When Music Loses Its Pleasure: Hippocampal Cingulum White Matter as a Structural Mediator of Musical Reward Decline in Aging.. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.16.738989

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