An empirical study of normative dissociation in musical and non-musical everyday life experiences

Psychology of Music

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 372-394

  Herbert, Ruth ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

absorption; depersonalization; derealization; everyday life; music; normative dissociation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881276541     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735611430080     Document Type: Article

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