Effect of musical expertise on visuospatial abilities: Evidence from reaction times and mental imagery

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-109

  Brochard, Renaud ^a   Dufour, André ^b   Després, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1242286980     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00264-1     Document Type: Article

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