The Mozart effect: Music listening is not music instruction

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 233-238

  Rauscher, Frances H ^a   Hinton, Sean C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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EID: 33845989146     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326985ep4104_3     Document Type: Review

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