Music lessons, pitch processing, and g

Psychology of Music

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-221

  Schellenberg, E Glenn ^a   Moreno, Sylvain ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive function; Intelligence; Music lessons; Pitch perception; Relative pitch

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950957425     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735609339473     Document Type: Article

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