Music training improves verbal but not visual memory: Cross-sectional and longitudinal explorations in children

Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-450

  Ho, Yim Chi ^a   Cheung, Mei Chun ^a   Chan, Agnes S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MUSIC; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0041968764     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.17.3.439     Document Type: Article

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