Exploring the long-term associations between adolescents’ music training and academic achievement

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 512-527

  dos Santos Luiz, Carlos ^a   Mónico, Lisete S M ^b   Almeida, Leandro S ^c   Coimbra, Daniela ^d  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

academic achievement; intelligence; motivation; music training; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992554885     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: 20454147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1029864915623613     Document Type: Review

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