Duration discrimination by musicians and nonmusicians

Psychological Reports

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 675-687

  Güçlü, Burak ^a   Sevinc, Emre ^b   Canbeyli, Resit ^c  

^a Biomedical Engineering Institute

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Department of Psychology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MUSIC; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960404369     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/11.22.27.PR0.108.3.675-687     Document Type: Article

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