Preserved statistical learning of tonal and linguistic material in congenital amusia

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue JUN, 2011, Pages

  Omigie, Diana ^a   Stewart, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital amusia; Implicit learning; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855737392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00109     Document Type: Article

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