Brain disorders and the biological role of music

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 444-452

  Clark, Camilla N ^a   Downey, Laura E ^a   Warren, Jason D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Emotion; Evolution; Mentalizing; Music

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISEASE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MUSIC;

EID: 84924613397     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu079     Document Type: Article

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