Keeping an eye on the violinist: Motor experts show superior timing consistency in a visual perception task

Psychological Research

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-585

  Wöllner, Clemens ^a   Cañal Bruland, Rouwen ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956697107     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-010-0280-9     Document Type: Article

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