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Perceived And Imagined Tempos Of Familiar Songs, Andrea R. Halpern
Perceived And Imagined Tempos Of Familiar Songs, Andrea R. Halpern
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Two studies investigated the similarity of metronome settings to perceived and imagined familiar songs by subjects unselected for musical ability. In Study 1, mean tempo settings in the two tasks were about 100 beats per minute. Songs with slower perceived tempos tended to be faster in the imagery task and vice versa. In Study 2, subjects set fastest and slowest acceptable tempos for the same set of songs in the imagery mode. These settings were positively correlated with the preferred tempo for the song. Most subjects thought that there were limits on how fast or slow a song could be …
Memory For Tune Titles After Organized Or Unorganized Presentation, Andrea R. Halpern
Memory For Tune Titles After Organized Or Unorganized Presentation, Andrea R. Halpern
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Two experiments investigated the structure of memory for titles of 54 familiar tunes. The titles were presented in the form of a hierarchy, with nodes labeled by genre (e.g., Rock or Patriotic). Four groups of subjects received logical or randomized titles, and logical or randomized labels. Goodness of label and title structure had equal and additive beneficial effects on recall with a 3-min exposure of the stimuli. With a 4-min exposure, good title structure became a larger contributor to good recall. Clustering analyses suggested that subjects were mentally representing the tune titles hierarchically, even when presentation was random.
Organization In Memory For Familiar Songs, Andrea R. Halpern
Organization In Memory For Familiar Songs, Andrea R. Halpern
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Investigated the organizing principles in memory for familiar songs in 2 experiments. It was hypothesized that individuals do not store and remember each song in isolation. Rather, there exists a rich system of relationships among tunes that can be revealed through similarity rating studies and memory tasks. One initial assumption was the division of relations among tunes into musical (e.g., tempo, rhythm) and nonmusical similarity. In Exp I, 20 undergraduates were asked to sort 60 familiar tunes into groups according to both musical and nonmusical criteria. Clustering analyses showed clear patterns of nonmusical similarity but few instances of musical similarity. …
Musical Expertise And Melodic Structure In Memory For Musical Notation, Andrea R. Halpern, Gordon H. Bower
Musical Expertise And Melodic Structure In Memory For Musical Notation, Andrea R. Halpern, Gordon H. Bower
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Two experiments plus a pilot investigated the role of melodic structure on short-term memory for musical notation by musicians and nonmusicians. In the pilot experiment, visually similar melodies that had been rated as either "good" or "bad" were presented briefly, followed by a 15-sec retention interval and then recall. Musicians remembered good melodies better than they remembered bad ones: nonmusicians did not distinguish between them. In the second experiment, good, bad, and random melodies were briefly presented, followed by immediate recall. The advantage of musicians over nonmusicians decreased as the melody type progressed from good to bad to random. In …
Duration Discrimination In A Series Of Rhythmic Events, Andrea R. Halpern, Christopher J. Darwin
Duration Discrimination In A Series Of Rhythmic Events, Andrea R. Halpern, Christopher J. Darwin
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Duration discrimination of the last of a series of four clicks was investigated. Examination of psychophysical functions from eight subjects revealed evidence for a Weber’s law model relating discrimination to base interclick interval. Also, the point of subjective equality was seen to change reliably as a function of base rate.