The effect of background music on cognitive performance in musicians and nonmusicians

Music Perception

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-183

  Patston, Lucy L M ^a   Tippett, Lynette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognitive processing; Language processing; Music and functional independence; Music and language; Music expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855192698     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2011.29.2.173     Document Type: Article

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