Culture-General and Culture-Specific Factors in the Discrimination of Melodies

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-127

  Schellenberg, E Glenn ^a   Trehub, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory development; Auditory discrimination; Auditory perception; Music perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0033210838     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2511     Document Type: Article

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