Cultural constraints on music perception and cognition

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 178, Issue C, 2009, Pages 67-77

  Morrison, Steven J ^a   Demorest, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural music; enculturation; memory; music learning

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSIC; NEUROSCIENCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RHYTHM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MUSIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 71149118226     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17805-6     Document Type: Review

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