Infants Prefer the Musical Meter of Their Own Culture: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 286-292

  Soley, Gaye ^a   Hannon, Erin E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

familiarity preference; infants; music perception; perceptual development

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 76449103080     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017555     Document Type: Article

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