Music cognition in early infancy: Infants' preferences and long-term memory for Ravel

International Journal of Music Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-20

  Ilari, Beatriz ^a   Polka, Linda ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Babies; Early childhood; Education; Musical development; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849114464     PISSN: 02557614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0255761406063100     Document Type: Article

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