Effects of music training on attention, processing speed and cognitive music abilities-findings from a longitudinal study

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 545-557

  Roden, Ingo ^a   Könen, Tanja ^b   Bongard, Stephan ^c   Frankenberg, Emily ^c   Friedrich, Esther Kamala ^c   Kreutz, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISION;

EID: 84928816527     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.3034     Document Type: Article

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