Music listening has no positive or negative effects on sleep quality of normal sleepers: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 233-242

  Koenig, J ^a   Jarczok, M N ^c   Warth, M ^a   Harmat, L ^b   Hesse, N ^a   Jespersen, K V ^d   Thayer, J F ^e   Hillecke, T K ^a  

^a SRH UNIVERSITY HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

music; side effects; sleep; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886417559     PISSN: 08098131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2013.783095     Document Type: Article

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