Auditory and visual memory in musicians and nonmusicians

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 586-591

  Cohen, Michael A ^a   Evans, Karla K ^b   Horowitz, Todd S ^b   Wolfe, Jeremy M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory memory; Long term memory; Music; Musicians; Training; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEARING; HUMAN; MEMORY; MUSIC; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MUSIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80052895894     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0074-0     Document Type: Article

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