The influence of deliberate practice on musical achievement: A meta-analysis

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Platz, Friedrich ^a   Kopiez, Reinhard ^b   Lehmann, Andreas C ^c   Wolf, Anna ^b  

^a University of Music and the Performing Arts   (Germany)

^b Hanover University of Music and Drama   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deliberate practice; Expert performance; Meta analysis; Music; Sight reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904563727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00646     Document Type: Article

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