Musical activity and emotional competence - a twin study

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Theorell, Töres P ^a,b   Lennartsson, Anna Karin ^a   Mosing, Miriam A ^a   Ullén, Fredrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depression; Emotional competence; Musicality; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904809101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00774     Document Type: Article

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