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Direct linkTrainor, Laurel J.; Wu, Luann; Tsang, Christine D. – Developmental Science, 2004
We show that infants' long-term memory representations for melodies are not just reduced to the structural features of relative pitches and durations, but contain surface or performance tempo- and timbre-specific information. Using a head turn preference procedure, we found that after a one week exposure to an old English folk song, infants…
Descriptors: Music, Singing, Infants, Long Term Memory
