Play it again, but more sadly: Influence of timbre, mode, and musical experience in melody processing.

The emotional properties of music are influenced by a host of factors, such as timbre, mode, harmony, and tempo. In this paper, we consider how two of these factors, mode (major vs. minor) and timbre interact to influence ratings of perceived valence, reaction time, and recognition memory. More spec...

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Publicado en:Memory & Cognition Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 869 - 881
Autores principales: Armitage, James, Eerola, Tuomas, Halpern, Andrea R.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2025
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