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Science 22 July 1966:
Vol. 153. no. 3734, pp. 432 - 434
DOI: 10.1126/science.153.3734.432
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Scaling of Musical Preferences by the Mentally Retarded

Soon Duk Koh 1 and Tong-He Koh 2

1 Research Section, Hastings State Hospital, Hastings, Minnesota
2 Faribault State School and Hospital, Faribault, Minnesota

The ability of institutionalized retardates in scaling musical preferences was compared with that of normals. The retardates' scale values and scale forms obtained by two kinds of scaling procedures are very similar to those of normals. Deficits, however, are observed in their lower internal consistency and relative uncertainty and in higher response polarization and perseveration.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Psychophysical Scaling by Schizophrenics and Normals: Line Lengths and Music Preferences.
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