Shifting the focus of attention between levels of musical structure

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 493-520

  Williamon, Aaron ^a   Valentine, Elizabeth ^b   Valentine, John ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKILL; TAPE RECORDER;

EID: 0036028372     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440143000221     Document Type: Article

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