Music rehearsal increases the perceptual span for notation

Music Perception

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-320

  Burman, Douglas D ^a   Booth, James R ^b  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaze; Learning; Musical skill; Perceptual span; Rehearsal

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049112446     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2009.26.4.303     Document Type: Article

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