Is relative pitch specific to pitch?

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1263-1271

  McDermott, Josh H ^a   Lehr, Andriana J ^a   Oxenham, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTUITION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; ROC CURVE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROC CURVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52249116644     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02235.x     Document Type: Article

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