“Musical syntax is processed in Broca’s area” (Maess et al., 2001) A new article in press in Cortex investigates the role of traditionally associated language syntax processing areas of the brain, namely Broca’s area (inferior Brodman area 44), in the processing of musical sounds. The EEG study was conducted by Sammler, Koelsch and Friederici (2010) and aimed to investigate brain activity associated with the presentation of musical sequences in patients with lesions in left inferior frontal gyrus (Broca’s area) * (the authors also looked at activation in patients with lesions in anterior superior temporal gyrus (aSTG) but I’m not going to go into detail about that area here for the…