Active music classes in infancy enhance musical, communicative and social development

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 398-407

  Gerry, David ^a   Unrau, Andrea ^a   Trainor, Laurel J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MUSIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859729316     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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