Perceived complexity of western and African folk melodies by western and African listeners

Psychology of Music

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-371

  Eerola, Tuomas ^a   Himberg, Tommi ^b,c   Toiviainen, Petri ^a   Louhivuori, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cross cultural comparison; Melodic complexity; Music; Psychophysical; Style knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847139514     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735606064842     Document Type: Article

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