The influence of two years of school music training in secondary school on visual and auditory memory

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 608-623

  Degé, Franziska ^a   Wehrum, Sina ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^a   Schwarzer, Gudrun ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory memory; School music training; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052293434     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2011.590668     Document Type: Article

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