Are cognitive styles an important factor in the design of electroacoustic music software?

International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 466-473

  Eaglestone, Barry ^a   Ford, Nigel ^a   Holdridge, Peter ^a   Carter, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MUSIC; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS;

COGNITIVE STYLES; ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC; KEY DIMENSIONS; QUALITATIVE STUDY; USABILITY STUDIES; WEB-BASED QUESTIONNAIRES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84923898116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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