The effect of musical expertise on the representation of space

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1 APR, 2014, Pages

  Lega, Carlotta ^a   Cattaneo, Zaira ^a,b   Merabet, Lotfi B ^c   Vecchi, Tomaso ^b,d   Cucchi, Silvia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Line bisection; Musicians; Pitch; Pseudoneglect; Space perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; MUSICAL EXPERTISE; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; SKILL; SPATIAL MUSICAL ASSOCIATION RESPONSE CODES; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84899154250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00250     Document Type: Article

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