Musical activity and emotional competence – a twin study
The hypothesis was tested that musical activities may contribute to the prevention of alexithymia. We tested whether musical creative achievement and musical practice are associated with lower alexithymia. 8000 Swedish twins aged 27–54 were studied. Alexithymia was assessed using the Toronto Alexith...
Main Authors: | Theorell, Töres P., Lennartsson, Anna-Karin, Mosing, Miriam A., Ullén, Fredrik |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100574/ |
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