The neglect of musicians: Line bisection reveals an opposite bias

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1029-1031

  Patston, Lucy L M ^a   Corballis, Michael C ^a   Hogg, Sarah L ^a   Tippett, Lynette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845671825     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01823.x     Document Type: Article

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