Effects of aging and musical experience on the representation of tonal hierarchies

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-246

  Halpern, Andrea R ^a   Kwak, SeYeul ^b   Bartlett, James C ^b   Dowling, W Jay ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC;

EID: 0030056589     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.2.235     Document Type: Article

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