Book Review: David Clarke & Eric Clarke (Eds.). Music and Consciousness: Philosophical, Psychological, and Cultural Perspectives 1 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm

Book Review: Patrik Juslin & John Sloboda, Handbook of Music and Emotion: Theory, Research, Application 1 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm

Music and Empathy conference ad 1 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm

Long-term musical group interaction has a positive influence on empathy in children 1 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm

Musical group interaction (MGI) is a complex social setting requiring certain cognitive skills that may also elicit shared psychological states. We argue that many MGI-specific features may also be im...

Enhancing genre-based measures of music preference by user-defined liking and social tags 1 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm

Musical preferences are typically determined by asking participants to indicate their favourite musical genres. These genre-based measures have some considerable pitfalls, since specific pieces of mus...

'To be heard': The social and mental health benefits of choir singing for disadvantaged adults 1 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm

Compared with other members of the general population, adults living with a chronic mental illness or disability tend to participate less frequently in occupational and social interactions. This may e...

The cohort model of melody identification: Evaluating primacy and similarity 1 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm

Two experiments investigated two hypotheses derived from the cohort model of melody identification. The primacy hypothesis holds that the initial notes of a melody are differentially important for ide...

Exploring a rationale for choosing to listen to sad music when feeling sad 1 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm

Choosing to listen to self-identified sad music after experiencing negative psychological circumstances seems paradoxical given the commonly-held view that people are motivated to seek a positive affe...

Interpersonal interactions in instrumental lessons: Teacher/student verbal and non-verbal behaviours 1 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm

This study examined verbal and non-verbal teacher/student interpersonal interactions in higher education instrumental music lessons. Twenty-four lessons were videotaped and teacher/student behaviours ...

Does visual information influence infants' movement to music? 26 Mar 2013 | 02:23 pm

Humans are often exposed to music beginning at birth (or even before birth), yet the study of the development of musical abilities during infancy has only recently gained momentum. The goals of the pr...