Adolescents' perceptions of the music of male and female composers

Psychology of Music

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-154

  North, Adrian C ^a,c   Colley, Ann M ^a   Hargreaves, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Gender; Preference; Sex typing; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349101388     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735603031002291     Document Type: Article

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