Orchestral performance and the footprint of mindfulness

Psychology of Music

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-136

  Langer, Ellen ^a   Russel, Timothy ^b   Eisenkraft, Noah ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Music; Orchestra

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349127567     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735607086053     Document Type: Article

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