Attention in musicians is more bilateral than in non-musicians

Laterality

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 262-272

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247238370     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500701251981     Document Type: Article

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