Infants' and adults' perception of scale structure

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 965-975

  Trehub, Sandra E ^a   Schellenberg, E Glenn ^a   Kamenetsky, Stuart B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033175089     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.4.965     Document Type: Article

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