Associations between motor timing, music practice, and intelligence studied in a large sample of twins

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1337, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-129

  Ullén, Fredrik ^a   Mosing, Miriam A ^a   Madison, Guy ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Expertise; Intelligence; Practice; Tapping; Timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR TIMING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS; FEMALE; FINGER; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; REGISTER; SWEDEN; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSIC; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TIME PERCEPTION; TWINS;

EID: 84924530417     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12630     Document Type: Article

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