A filled duration illusion in music: Effects of metrical subdivision on the perception and production of beat tempo

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-134

  Repp, Bruno H ^b   Bruttomesso, Meijin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Filled duration illusion; Interval subdivision; Music performance; Tempo perception; Timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950328645     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/V10053-008-0071-7     Document Type: Article

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