Infants use meter to categorize rhythms and melodies: Implications for musical structure learning

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 354-377

  Hannon, Erin E ^a   Johnson, Scott P ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Development; Music and speech; Pattern perception; Rhythm and meter; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 18444385065     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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