Assessment of fine motor skill in musicians and nonmusicians: Differences in timing versus sequence accuracy in a bimanual fingering task

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 245-257

  Kincaid, Anthony E ^a   Duncan, Scott ^b   Scott, Samuel A ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSIC; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036691308     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.95.1.245     Document Type: Article

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