The Mental Representation of Music Notation: Notational Audiation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 427-445

  Brodsky, Warren ^a   Kessler, Yoav ^a   Rubinstein, Bat Sheva ^b   Ginsborg, Jane ^c   Henik, Avishai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embedded melody; music expertise; music imagery; music reading; notational audiation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MENTAL PROCESSES; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 43049136656     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.2.427     Document Type: Article

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