The developmental origins of musicality

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 669-673

  Trehub, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MUSIC; MUSICALITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUND;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRIPLETS;

EID: 0038158154     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1084     Document Type: Review

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