Perceiving Musical Note Values Causes Spatial Shift of Attention in Musicians
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Participants
4.2. Apparatus and Stimuli
4.3. Procedure
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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