Music and Stress

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-94

  Yehuda, Nechama ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Wingate Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological effects of music; Emotions; Music; Music therapy; Psychology of music; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957448354     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-010-9117-4     Document Type: Article

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