Multidimensional scaling of synthetic musical timbre: Perception of spectral and temporal characteristics

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-315

  Samson, Séverine ^a   Zatorre, Robert J ^b   Ramsay, James O ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031325806     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1196-1961.51.4.307     Document Type: Article

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