The relative importance of local and global structures in music perception

Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-222

  Tillmann, Barbara ^a   Bigand, Emmanuel ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

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EID: 27744483926     PISSN: 00218529     EISSN: 15406245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-594X.2004.00153.x     Document Type: Review

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