Studying expertise in music reading: Use of a pattern-matching paradigm

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 477-488

  Waters, Andrew J ^a,d   Underwood, Geoffrey ^b   Findlay, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Brook House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PILOT STUDY; REACTION TIME; READING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; READING;

EID: 0031132522     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211857     Document Type: Article

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