Ethnicity effects in relative pitch

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-316

  Hove, Michael J ^a,b   Sutherland, Mary Elizabeth ^c   Krumhansl, Carol L ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 77957356990     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.3.310     Document Type: Article

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