Constraints on infants' musical rhythm perception: Effects of interval ratio complexity and enculturation

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 865-872

  Hannon, Erin E ^a   Soley, Gaye ^b   Levine, Rachel S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSIC; RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSIC; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79959289954     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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