Synesthesia-like mappings of lightness, pitch, and melodic interval

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-238

  Hubbard, Timothy L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; LIGHT; MUSIC; TIME; VISION;

HUMANS; LIGHT; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030162890     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423274     Document Type: Article

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