Exposure to music and cognitive performance: tests of children and adults

Psychology of Music

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-19

  Schellenberg, E Glenn ^a   Nakata, Takayuki ^b   Hunter, Patrick G ^a   Tamoto, Sachiko ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University   (Japan)

^c Department of Psychology University of Toronto at Mississauga ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognition and emotion; Cognitive ability; Intellectual ability; Mozart effect; Music and cognition; Music listening

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750309235     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735607068885     Document Type: Article

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