Pianists exhibit enhanced memory for vocal melodies but not piano melodies

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 866-877

  Weiss, Michael W ^a   Vanzella, Patrícia ^b   Schellenberg, E Glenn ^a   Trehub, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Melody; Memory; Music training; Timbre

Indexed keywords

PAINT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; PAINT; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928771296     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1020818     Document Type: Article

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