Implicit learning of musical timbre sequences: Statistical regularities confronted with acoustical (dis)similarities

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1131-1142

  Tillmann, Barbara ^a   McAdams, Stephen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MUSIC;

ACOUSTICS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 4444344225     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.5.1131     Document Type: Article

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