Generality and specificity in the effects of musical expertise on perception and cognition

Cognition

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 81-105

  Carey, Daniel ^a   Rosen, Stuart ^b   Krishnan, Saloni ^a   Pearce, Marcus T ^c   Shepherd, Alex ^a   Aydelott, Jennifer ^a   Dick, Frederic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Expertise; Generalization; Musicians; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKILL; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921448611     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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