Arousal, mood, and the Mozart effect

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 248-251

  Thompson, William Forde ^a   Schellenberg, E Glenn ^b   Husain, Gabriela ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035351209     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00345     Document Type: Article

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