Children's judgements of emotion in song

Psychology of Music

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 629-639

  Morton, J Bruce ^a   Trehub, Sandra E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Music; Perception; Songs; Vocal emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949083760     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735607076445     Document Type: Article

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