The effect of paired pitch, rhythm, and speech on working memory as measured by sequential digit recall

Journal of Music Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-427

  Silverman, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 38049159849     PISSN: 00222917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmt/44.4.415     Document Type: Article

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