High school music classes enhance the neural processing of speech

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Tierney, Adam ^a   Krizman, Jennifer ^a   Skoe, Erika ^a,c   Johnston, Kathleen ^b   Kraus, Nina ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Walter Payton College Preparatory High School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Brainstem; Hearing; Music; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888859121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00855     Document Type: Article

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