Sight-reading of violinists: Eye movements anticipate the musical flow

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 445-450

  Wurtz, Pascal ^b   Mueri, René M ^b   Wiesendanger, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eye; Eye hand span; Movements; Music reading; Sight reading; Violin playing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE FIXATION; EYE HAND COORDINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; MUSIC SCORE; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SIGHT READING; VIOLINIST; VISUAL ANTICIPATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63949083968     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1719-3     Document Type: Article

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