Priming in melody perception: Tracking down the strength of cognitive expectations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1016-1028

  Marmel, Frédéric ^a,b   Tillmann, Barbara ^a,b   Delbé, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Priming; Sensory; Tonal expectations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MUSIC; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 77955783963     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018735     Document Type: Article

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