Inducing involuntary musical imagery: An experimental study

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-234

  Liikkanen, Lassi A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cued recall; earworms; implicit memory; induction; involuntary memory; musical imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863556831     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1029864912440770     Document Type: Article

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