Music training and working memory: An ERP study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1083-1094

  George, Elyse M ^a   Coch, Donna ^a  

^a Department of Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ERPs; Music training; Oddball; P300; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC THERAPY; MUSICIAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONOLOGICAL MEMORY; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954423032     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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