Does it really matter? Separating the effects of musical training on syntax acquisition

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Brod, Garvin ^a,b   Opitz, Bertram ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hierarchical syntax; L2 learning; Musical training; Syntax acquisition; Transfer effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874480564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00543     Document Type: Article

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