Infants' memory for isolated tones and the effects of interference

Music Perception

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Plantinga, Judy ^a   Trainor, Laurel J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Development; Infant; Memory; Relative pitch

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049137030     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2008.26.2.121     Document Type: Article

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