Consonance and pitch

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1142-1158

  McLachlan, Neil ^a   Marco, David ^a   Light, Maria ^a   Wilson, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dissonance; Model; Perception; Pitch; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84885038033     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030830     Document Type: Article

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