sight reading ("Robert J. Zatorre" )

Subject: sight reading
From:    "Robert J. Zatorre"  <MD37(at)MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
Date:    Tue, 14 Apr 1998 15:16:56 -0400

Dear colleagues,

An inquiry has reached my desk, as follows:

>I'm looking for a reference I've lost.  I'm quite certain that I read a
>paper (in the last 2-3 years) in
>which the authors (psychologists, I think) compared the mental processes
>of musicians who were good sight readers with those of musicians who did
>not sight-read well.  I recall that a key difference was that the good
>sight-readers were able to continue ahead after making mistakes, and the
>poorer readers usually felt compelled to stop momentarily after an
>error.

I don't recall this particular finding from anything but I figured someone
on this list ought to know. If anyone has a clue on this, just e-mail me
the reference. Thanks

Robert J. Zatorre, Ph.D.
Montreal Neurological Institute
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