Backwards and forwards in space and time: Recalling dance movement from long-term memory

Memory Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-250

  Stevens, Catherine J ^a   Ginsborg, Jane ^b,d   Lester, Garry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC   (United Kingdom)

^c NAISDA Dance College   (Australia)

^d LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dance; episodic memory; mimetic tradition; movement; non verbal behaviour; procedural memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953784796     PISSN: 17506980     EISSN: 17506999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750698010387018     Document Type: Article

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