Responses to Katie Overy's paper, "Can Music Really 'Improve' the Mind?": Psychology of Music, 26, 97-99

Psychology of Music

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-210

  Rauscher, Frances H ^a   Spychiger, Maria ^b   Lamont, Alexandra ^c   Mills, Janet ^d   Waters, Andrew J ^f   Gruhn, Wilfried ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Music Academy (Musikhochschule)   (Germany)

^f NONE

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EID: 61049146591     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735698262007     Document Type: Article

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