Shifting perceptions: Developmental changes in judgments of melodic similarity

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1799-1803

  Stalinski, Stephanie M ^a   Schellenberg, E Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Music and development; Musical pitch; Pitch perception; Relative pitch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 78649251195     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020658     Document Type: Article

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