Universality vs experience: a cross-cultural pilot study on the consonance effect in music at different altitudes.
Giulia PreteDanilo BondiVittore VerrattiAnna Maria AloisiPrabin RaiLuca TommasiPublished in: PeerJ (2020)
Results of this pilot study show that neither hypoxia (altitude), nor demographic features (age, schooling, or playing music), nor ethnicity per se influence the consonance effect. We conclude that music preferences are attributable to music exposure.
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