The content and validity of music-genre stereotypes among college students

Psychology of Music

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 306-326

  Rentfrow, Peter J ^a   Gosling, Samuel D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal perception; Music; Personality; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849425566     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735607070382     Document Type: Article

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