Musicians' and nonmusicians' short-term memory for verbal and musical sequences: Comparing phonological similarity and pitch proximity

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-175

  Williamson, Victoria J ^a   Baddeley, Alan D ^b   Hitch, Graham J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; PHONETICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSIC; PHONETICS; PITCH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953927886     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.38.2.163     Document Type: Article

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