Long-term musical group interaction has a positive influence on empathy in children

Psychology of Music

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 484-498

  Rabinowitch, Tal Chen ^a   Cross, Ian ^a   Burnard, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; empathy; empathy measures; intersubjectivity; musical interaction; musical programme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880230941     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735612440609     Document Type: Article

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