Superior time perception for lower musical pitch explains why bass-ranged instruments lay down musical rhythms

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 10383-10388

  Hove, Michael J ^a,b   Marie, Céline ^a,c   Bruce, Ian C ^a,c   Trainor, Laurel J ^a,c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory scene analysis; Beat; Rhythmic pulse; Temporal perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAINING; VOICE;

AUDITORY SCENE ANALYSIS; BEAT; RHYTHMIC PULSE; TEMPORAL PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84904316143     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402039111     Document Type: Article

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