Language Experience Affects Grouping of Musical Instrument Sounds

Cognitive Science

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1816-1830

  Bhatara, Anjali ^a,b   Boll Avetisyan, Natalie ^c   Agus, Trevor ^a,b,d   Höhle, Barbara ^c   Nazzi, Thierry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Cross linguistic; French; German; Music; Rhythmic grouping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951857828     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: 15516709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12300     Document Type: Article

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