Can music really "improve" the mind?

Psychology of Music

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-99

  Overy, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001836463     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735698261009     Document Type: Note

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