Perception of musical timbre in congenital amusia: Categorization, discrimination and short-term memory

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-378

  Marin, Manuela M ^a   Gingras, Bruno ^a,b   Stewart, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Categorization; Congenital amusia; Discrimination; Short term memory; Tone colour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL AMUSIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84856041463     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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