Musical training enhances information processing speed

Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education

Volumn , Issue 187, 2011, Pages 7-18

  Bugos, Jennifer ^a   Mostafa, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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