The effects of background music on primary school pupils' task performance

Educational Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-122

  Hallam, Susan ^a   Price, John ^a   Katsarou, Georgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036623239     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690220124551     Document Type: Article

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