The same, only different: What can responses to music in autism tell us about the nature of musical emotions?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Allen, Rory ^a   Walsh, Reubs ^b   Zangwill, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878878321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00156     Document Type: Article

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