Pianists duet better when they play with themselves: On the possible role of action simulation in synchronization

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-111

  Keller, Peter E ^a,d   Knoblich, Günther ^a,c   Repp, Bruno H ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Action identification; Action simulation; Music; Self identity; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; SIMULATION;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33845298251     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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