The Mozart effect: Questions about the seminal findings of Rauscher, Shaw, and colleagues

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 389-405

  Fudin, Robert ^a   Lembessis, Elizabeth ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LEISURE; LOGIC; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE; TIME;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LOGIC; MUSIC; RELAXATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STANFORD-BINET TEST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3342890498     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.98.2.389-405     Document Type: Article

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