The statistical structure of human speech sounds predicts musical universals

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 7160-7168

  Schwartz, David A ^a   Howe, Catherine Q ^a   Purves, Dale ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audition; Auditory system; Consonance; Music; Perception; Probability; Scales; Tones

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH;

EID: 0042125529     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-18-07160.2003     Document Type: Article

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