Music Instruction and Children's Intellectual Development: The Educational Context of Music Participation

Music, Health, and Wellbeing

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Costa Giomi, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual prowess; Intelligence; IQ; Music; Music education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921666552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586974.003.0023     Document Type: Chapter

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