The song remains the same: A replication and extension of the MUSIC model

Music Perception

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-185

  Rentfrow, Peter J ^a   Goldberg, Lewis R ^b   Stillwell, David J ^a   Kosinski, Michal ^a   Gosling, Samuel D ^c   Levitin, Daniel J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Oregon Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Genres; Individual differences; Music; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871075136     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2012.30.2.161     Document Type: Article

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