TY - GEN
T1 - Memory for tonal pitches
T2 - A music-length effect hypothesis
AU - Akiva-Kabiri, Lilach
AU - Vecchi, Tomaso
AU - Granot, Roni
AU - Basso, Demis
AU - Schön, Daniele
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - One of the most studied effects of verbal working memory (WM) is the influence of the length of the words that compose the list to be remembered. This work aims to investigate the nature of musical WM by replicating the word length effect in the musical domain. Length and rate of presentation were manipulated in a recognition task of tone sequences. Results showed significant effects for both factors (length and presentation rate) as well as their interaction, suggesting the existence of different strategies (e.g., chunking and rehearsal) for the immediate memory of musical information, depending upon the length of the sequences.
AB - One of the most studied effects of verbal working memory (WM) is the influence of the length of the words that compose the list to be remembered. This work aims to investigate the nature of musical WM by replicating the word length effect in the musical domain. Length and rate of presentation were manipulated in a recognition task of tone sequences. Results showed significant effects for both factors (length and presentation rate) as well as their interaction, suggesting the existence of different strategies (e.g., chunking and rehearsal) for the immediate memory of musical information, depending upon the length of the sequences.
KW - Length effect
KW - Music
KW - Pitch tone
KW - Working memory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=68649103031&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04787.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04787.x
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 19673790
AN - SCOPUS:68649103031
SN - 9781573317399
T3 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
SP - 266
EP - 269
BT - International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste
PB - Blackwell Publishing Inc.
ER -