Can music influence language and cognition?

Contemporary Music Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-345

  Moreno, Sylvain ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SmarterKids Training Project   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; ERP; fMRI; Language; Music; Rehabilitation; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951011167     PISSN: 07494467     EISSN: 14772256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07494460903404410     Document Type: Review

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