Learning melodies from non-adjacent tones

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-190

  Endress, Ansgar D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language acquisition; Melody perception; Statistical learning; Tonality; Transitional probabilities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEARNING; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEARNING; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957133333     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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