Processing structure in language and music: a case for shared reliance on cognitive control

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 637-652

  Slevc, L Robert ^a   Okada, Brooke M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Language; Music; Musical ambiguity; Syntax

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MUSIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84930674435     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0712-4     Document Type: Article

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