Dear Hae-Sung: Here are two relevant references: Iversen, J. R., Patel, A. D., & Ohgushi, K. (2008). Perception of rhythmic grouping depends on auditory experience. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124, 2263-2271. Yoshida, K. A., Iversen, J. R., Patel, A. D., Mazuka, R., Nito, H., Gervain, J., & Werker, J. F. (2010). The development of perceptual grouping biases in infancy: A Japanese-English cross-linguistic study. Cognition, 115, 356-361. See also the classic work of Woodrow (1909) cited therein. Best, Bruno On 3/22/11 1:37 PM, Hae-Sung Jeon wrote: Dear all, -- Bruno H. Repp Senior Research Scientist Music Perception and Action Haskins Laboratories 300 George Street New Haven, CT 06511-6624 E-mail: repp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web page: http://www.haskins.yale.edu/staff/repp.html |