Effect of skill level on recall of visually presented patterns of musical notes

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-96

  Kalakoski, Virpi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Expertise; Memory; Music; Musical imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 34047193779     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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