Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10455695 | Brain and Cognition | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Past research shows musical pitch and the vertical spatial axis are related but the nature of relationship is unclear. ⺠We examined whether musical pitch was merely spatially associated or fundamentally spatially represented. ⺠Pitch discrimination was significantly biased by concurrent visuospatial movement in a singer's gesture. ⺠Effects were eliminated under spatial memory load, but preserved under verbal memory load. ⺠Musical pitch is audiospatial: pitch and space share common representational and processing resources.
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Authors
Louise Connell, Zhenguang G. Cai, Judith Holler,