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This research compared the abilities of children and adults to perceive an optimal tempo for pieces of music. Participants heard eight melodies played at a range of tempi and made a 2AFC of "too fast" or "too slow" for each presentation. Children (aged between 5 to 11 years) and adults (aged between 17 to 54 years) showed the same variation in perceived optimal tempi across melodies. The same variation in optimal tempi was also observed when pitch variations were removed. This suggests that the rhythmical structure was responsible for the perceived optimal tempi for these pieces of music. (C) 2012 Acoustical Society of America. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3651236]
Author(s): Quinn S, O'Hare O, Riby DM
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Year: 2012
Volume: 131
Issue: 5
Pages: 3595-3598
Print publication date: 01/05/2012
ISSN (print): 0001-4966
ISSN (electronic): 1520-8524
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3651236
DOI: 10.1121/1.3651236
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