The mozart effect: Evidence for the arousal hypothesis

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 396-402

  Roth, Edward A ^a   Smith, Kenneth H ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC NOISE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 57449096023     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.107.2.396-402     Document Type: Article

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