The importance of interval information in long-term memory for melodies.

Levels of processing: A framework for memory research

Fergus I. M. Craik, Robert S. Lockhart · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1972 · 9.5K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology +12

The Relative Operating Characteristic in Psychology

John A. Swets · Science · 1973 · 743 citations

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Scale and contour: Two components of a theory of memory for melodies.

W. Jay Dowling · Psychological Review · 1978 · 660 citations

Humanities, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology +9

Recognition of transposed melodies: A key-distance effect in developmental perspective.

James C. Bartlett, W. Jay Dowling · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance · 1980 · 221 citations

Humanities, Psychology, Music Psychology +16

The perception of melodies distorted by splitting into several octaves: Effects of increasing proximity and melodic contour

W. Jay Dowling, Ava W. Hollombe · Perception & Psychophysics · 1977 · 89 citations · Full text

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