The effects of skill on the eye-hand span during musical sight-reading

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1436, 1999, Pages 2435-2440

  Furneaux, S ^a   Land, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buffer; Eye hand span; Music reading; Saccade; Sight reading; Skill development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; EYE POSITION; HAND; HUMAN; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 0033534012     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0943     Document Type: Article

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