Studies have shown that the perception of musical information differs between musically educated and musically non-educated individuals. The aim of the study was to determine the time course and lateralization of changes in mean blood flow velocity (MBFV) in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) during auditory stimulation between musically educated and musically non-educated listeners as well as between sexes. Using transcranial Doppler (TCD), MBFV was assessed in 61 healthy right-handed subjects (18 musical educated and 43 musically non-educated). The ability to play an instrument was considered the minimum criterion for musical education. In both musically educated and non-educated groups, left MCA was activated earlier (p=0.013) and had high...