A demonstration of nonlinear demand characteristics in the 'Mozart effect' experimental paradigm

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 553-566

  Standing, Lionel G ^a   Verpaelst, Celissa C ^a,b   Ulmer, Brandon K ^a,c  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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