Nonhuman primates prefer slow tempos but dislike music overall

Cognition

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 654-668

  McDermott, Josh ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Monkeys; Music; Preference; Tempo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; MARMOSET; MONKEY; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; TENSION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; LEONTOPITHECUS; MUSIC; PERIODICITY; PRIMATES;

EID: 34447338051     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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