Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality

Evaluative responses to music have been neglected in relation to affective responses, and the present research investigated the relationships between ratings of musical quality, and those of liking, complexity, prototypicality, and familiarity. Fifty subjects rated 24 musical excerpts on 11-point sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: North, Adrian, Hargreaves, David
Format: Journal Article
Published: University of Prince Edward Island * Department of Psychology 2001
Online Access:http://doi.apa.org/?uid=2002-15451-005
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33232