Memory for pitch in congenital amusia: Beyond a fine-grained pitch discrimination problem

Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 657-669

  Williamson, Victoria Jane ^a   Stewart, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital amusia; Short term memory; Span; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 77955643910     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2010.501339     Document Type: Article

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