How does the brain process music?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-36

  Warren, Jason D ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MUSIC; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

EID: 39149116723     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-1-32     Document Type: Review

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