Memory disorders and vocal performance

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1252, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 338-344

  Dalla Bella, Simone ^a,b,c   Tremblay Champoux, Alexandra ^c   Berkowska, Magdalena ^b   Peretz, Isabelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^c Laboratoire international de recherche sur le cerveau la musique et le son Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amusia; Memory disorders; Music performance; Vocal performance

Indexed keywords

AMUSIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PITCH; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SINGING; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84860261910     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06424.x     Document Type: Article

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