Effects of a school-based instrumental music program on verbal and visual memory in primary school children: A longitudinal study

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Roden, Ingo ^a   Kreutz, Gunter ^a   Bongard, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive development; Longitudinal study; Music lessons; Music training; Verbal memory; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874562910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00572     Document Type: Article

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