Self-recognition of highly skilled actions: A study of orchestral conductors

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1311-1321

  Wöllner, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action; Agency; Audiovisual; Motor awareness; Movement; Music performance; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSICIAN; ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTOR; RECOGNITION; SELF RECOGNITION; WALKING;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSIC; PROPRIOCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865400145     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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