How the Brain Reads Music: The Evidence for Musical Dyslexia

Jennifer Mishra

How the Brain Reads Music: The Evidence for Musical Dyslexia

Jennifer Mishra

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Abstract

Could dysmusia be to reading music what dyslexia is to reading text, and dyscalculia is to math?

Original language	American English
Journal	The Conversation
State	Published - Apr 8 2015

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Music Education

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How the Brain Reads Music: The Evidence for Musical Dyslexia

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