A limiting feature of the Mozart effect: Listening enhances mental rotation abilities in non-musicians but not musicians

Psychology of Music

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-117

  Aheadi, Afshin ^a   Dixon, Peter ^b   Glover, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Enhancement; Mozart; Musical experience; Spatial abilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950956919     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735609336057     Document Type: Article

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