Infants' memory for musical performances

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-589

  Volkova, Anna ^a   Trehub, Sandra E ^a   Glenn Schellenberg, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MUSIC; RECALL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33750379884     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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