Congenital amusia in childhood: A case study

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 683-688

  Lebrun, Marie Andrée ^a   Moreau, Patricia ^a   McNally Gagnon, Andréane ^a   Mignault Goulet, Geneviève ^a   Peretz, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case study; Childhood; Congenital amusia; Pitch perception deficit; Pitch production deficit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOMETRY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL AMUSIA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MONTREAL BATTERY FOR THE EVALUATION OF AMUSIA; MUSIC; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PITCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE; MUSIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84860368297     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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