Music to the inner ears: Exploring individual differences in musical imagery

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1163-1173

  Beaty, Roger E ^a   Burgin, Chris J ^b   Nusbaum, Emily C ^a   Kwapil, Thomas R ^a   Hodges, Donald A ^a   Silvia, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earworms; Experience sampling method; Musical imagery; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INNER EAR; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MUSIC; MUSICAL IMAGERY; MUSICIAN; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

EARWORMS; EXPERIENCE SAMPLING METHOD; MUSICAL IMAGERY; PERSONALITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MUSIC; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883683901     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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