A Music Module in Working Memory? Evidence from the Performance of a Prodigious Musical Savant

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 5-36

  Ockelford, Adam ^a  

^a Royal National Institute of Blind People   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39749181659     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: 20454147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10298649070110S202     Document Type: Article

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