A Mozart effect for women on a mental rotations task

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1086-1092

  Gilleta, Karen S ^a   Vrbancic, Mirna I ^a,b   Elias, Lorin J ^a   Saucier, Deborah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSIC; ROTATION; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTION PERCEPTION; MUSIC; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0642373870     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.3c.1086     Document Type: Article

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