Revisiting the association between music lessons and intelligence: Training effects or music aptitude?

Intelligence

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 119-124

  Swaminathan, Swathi ^a   Schellenberg, E Glenn ^a   Khalil, Safia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene environment interaction; Intelligence; Music; Plasticity; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015150984     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2017.03.005     Document Type: Article

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