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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.