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Discriminating Major/Minor Modes Revisited - can training help?

This project looked at whether listeners can learn to discriminate the two stimuli over time with a training regimen. Training occurred for one hour each on two consecutive days. Comparison of performance on the pretest and final posttest indicated …

Assessing Emotional Processing in People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

People internalize different emotional connotations when they listen to speech in conversation; similarly, people interpret different emotional qualities when they listen to music. Research reveals that people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) …

The Effects of Tone Duration in Discriminating Major/Minor Modes

The major and minor scales play vital roles in western music; however, many listeners have difficulty discriminating between major vs. minor melodies (Leaver & Halpern, 2004). Tone-scrambles are stimuli designed to isolate musical qualities produced …