Effect of music training on promoting preliteracy skills: Preliminary causal evidence

Music Perception

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-172

  Moreno, Sylvain ^a   Friesen, Deanna ^b   Bialystok, Ellen ^b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Longitudinal study; Music training; Preliteracy skills; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855206268     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2011.29.2.165     Document Type: Article

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