The advantage of a decreasing right-hand superiority: The influence of laterality on a selected musical skill (sight reading achievement)

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1079-1087

  Kopiez, Reinhard ^a   Galley, Niels ^b   Lee, Ji In ^a  

^a Hanover University of Music and Drama   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Handedness; Interhemispheric communication; Music performance; Musical ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33646110995     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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