The magical number two, plus or minus one: Some limits on our capacity for processing musical information

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-219

  Ockelford, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84990394511     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/102986490200600205     Document Type: Article

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