Change detection in multi-voice music: the role of musical structure, musical training, and task demands.

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This study evaluated the relationship between primitive and scheme-driven grouping (A. S. Bregman, 1990) by comparing the ability of different listeners to detect single note changes in 3-voice musical compositions. Primitive grouping was manipulated by the use of 2 distinctly different compositional styles (homophony and polyphony). The effects of scheme-driven processes were tested by comparing performance of 2 groups of listeners (musicians and nonmusicians) and by varying task demands (integrative and selective listening). Following previous studies, which had tested only musically trained participants, several variables were manipulated within each compositional style. The results indicated that, although musicians demonstrated a higher sensitivity to changes than did nonmusicians, the 2 groups exhibited similar patterns of sensitivity under a variety of conditions.

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Author/s: Crawley, Edward J (EJ); Acker-Mills, Barbara E (BE); Pastore, Richard E (RE); Weil, Shawn (S);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. crawley(-atsign-)ac.marywood.edu

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Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance (J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Apr; vol 28 (issue 2) : pp 367-78

Dates: Created 2002/05/09; Completed 2003/01/24; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 11999860, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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