?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Memory+for+musical+tempo%3A+Additional+evidence+that+auditory+memory+is+absolute&rft.creator=Levitin%2C+Daniel+J.&rft.creator=Cook%2C+Perry+R.&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=We+report+evidence+that+long+term+memory+retains+absolute+(accurate)+features+of+perceptual+events.+Specifically%2C+we+show+that+memory+for+music+seems+to+preserve+the+absolute+tempo+of+the+musical+performance.+In+Experiment+1%2C+46+subjects+sang+popular+songs+from+memory%2C+and+their+tempos+were+compared+to+recorded+versions+of+the+songs.+Seventy-two+of+the+subjects+came+within+8%25+of+the+actual+tempo+on+two+consecutive+trials+(using+different+songs)%2C+demonstrating+accuracy+near+the+perceptual+threshold+(JND)+for+tempo.+In+Experiment+2%2C+a+control+experiment%2C+we+found+that+folk+songs+lacking+a+tempo+standard+generally+have+a+large+variability+in+tempo%3B+this+counters+arguments+that+memory+for+the+tempo+of+remembered+songs+is+driven+by+articulatory+constraints.+The+relevance+of+the+current+findings+to+theories+of+perceptual+memory+and+memory+for+music+are+discussed.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F644%2F1%2Ftempo.htm&rft.identifier=++Levitin%2C+Daniel+J.+and+Cook%2C+Perry+R.++(1996)+Memory+for+musical+tempo%3A+Additional+evidence+that+auditory+memory+is+absolute.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F644%2F