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    Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality

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    Authors
    North, Adrian
    Hargreaves, David
    Date
    2001
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    North, Adrian C. and Hargreaves, David J. 2001. Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality. Psychomusicology. 17 (1-2): pp. 77-80.
    Source Title
    Psychomusicology
    Additional URLs
    http://doi.apa.org/?uid=2002-15451-005
    ISSN
    0275-3987
    School
    of Technlogy
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33232
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    Abstract

    Evaluative responses to music have been neglected in relation to affective responses, and the present research investigated the relationships between ratings of musical quality, and those of liking, complexity, prototypicality, and familiarity. Fifty subjects rated 24 musical excerpts on 11-point scales based on these five variables. In accordance with previous research, a positive correlation was maintained between ratings of liking and quality. Partial correlation and multiple regression analyses demonstrated that complexity explained more of the variance in quality ratings than either prototypicality or familiarity.

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