Children's expression of emotional meaning in music through expressive body movement

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-41

  Boone, R Thomas ^a   Cunningham, Joseph G ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Encoding; Movement; Pre school age children

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035534709     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006733123708     Document Type: Article

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