The interplay between musical and linguistic aptitudes: A review

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Milovanov, Riia ^a,b   Tervaniemi, Mari ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Linguistic abilities; Musical aptitude; Seashore test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859586910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00321     Document Type: Review

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