Syntax in music and language: The role of cognitive control

Cooperative Minds: Social Interaction and Group Dynamics - Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3414-3419

  Slevc, L Robert ^a   Reitman, Jason G ^b   Okada, Brooke M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive control; music and language; musical syntax

Indexed keywords

MUSIC; PROCESS CONTROL;

COGNITIVE CONTROL; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; LINGUISTIC PROCESSING; MUSIC AND LANGUAGES; MUSICAL STRUCTURES; MUSICAL SYNTAX; STANDARD TESTS; STROOP TASK;

SYNTACTICS;

EID: 85041589978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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