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DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN AUDITORY TEMPO SENSITIVITY AND PREFERRED TEMPO

Mercier, Ann Mary Pierrette
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1174924917

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2007, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Experimental.
The study examined the relationship between developmental changes in preferred motor tempo (PMT) and tempo sensitivity (TS) to test McAuley, Jones, Holub, Johnston, & Miller (2006) preferred period and entrainment region hypotheses. Four groups of listeners (4-5, 6-7,8-9, and 18+ years) were asked to tap to their preferred rate and make judgments about the relative tempo of standard-comparison isochronous tone sequence pairs. Findings related to preferred period hypothesis were mixed; age-related changes consistent with the hypothesis were observed in PMT but there was no age-related shift in TS. TS findings were consistent with entrainment region hypothesis; TS improved with age except in the youngest age group, with greatest age-related improvements observed at the slowest tempo. Improvements in TS associated with increasing number of comparison intervals were generally consistent with Miller & McAuley (2005) but amount of improvement varied with age and tempo.
John Devin McAuley (Advisor)
Preferred tempo; Tempo sensitivity; Children; Development; Tempo discrimination; Preferred period; Entrainment region

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  • Mercier, A. M. P. (2007). DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN AUDITORY TEMPO SENSITIVITY AND PREFERRED TEMPO [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1174924917

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mercier, Ann Mary. DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN AUDITORY TEMPO SENSITIVITY AND PREFERRED TEMPO. 2007. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1174924917.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mercier, Ann Mary. "DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN AUDITORY TEMPO SENSITIVITY AND PREFERRED TEMPO." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1174924917

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