Absolute pitch and pupillary response: Effects of timbre and key color

Psychophysiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-472

  Schlemmer, Kathrin B ^a   Kulke, Franziska ^a   Kuchinke, Lars ^a,b   Van Der Meer, Elke ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Pitch learning; Pitch memory; Pupillary response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; MYDRIASIS; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; VOICE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, PUPILLARY;

EID: 26944483190     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2005.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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