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View article: Acoustic features of instrumental movie soundtracks elicit distinct and mostly non-overlapping extra-musical meanings in the mind of the listener
Acoustic features of instrumental movie soundtracks elicit distinct and mostly non-overlapping extra-musical meanings in the mind of the listener Open
View article: Acoustic features of instrumental movie soundtracks elicit distinct and mostly non-overlapping extra-musical meanings in the mind of the listener
Acoustic features of instrumental movie soundtracks elicit distinct and mostly non-overlapping extra-musical meanings in the mind of the listener Open
Music can evoke powerful emotions in listeners. However, the role that instrumental music (music without any vocal part) plays in conveying extra-musical meaning, above and beyond emotions, is still a debated question. We conducted a study…
View article: Acoustic features of instrumental movie soundtracks elicit distinct and mostly non-overlapping extra-musical meanings in the mind of the listener
Acoustic features of instrumental movie soundtracks elicit distinct and mostly non-overlapping extra-musical meanings in the mind of the listener Open
Music can evoke powerful emotions in the listener. An open question is whether instrumental music conveys extra-musical meanings above and beyond emotions. We conducted an online study where 121 participants listened to 20 15-second-long e…
View article: Exploring Melodic Contour: A Clustering Approach
Exploring Melodic Contour: A Clustering Approach Open
Previous studies investigating common melodic contour shapes have relied on methodologies that require prior assumptions regarding the expected contour patterns. Here, a new approach for examining contour using dimensionality reduction and…
View article: Commentary on Zhou and Fabian (2021)
Commentary on Zhou and Fabian (2021) Open
This is a commentary on Zhou and Fabian's article, "Velocity and Virtuosity: An Empirical Investigation of Basic Tempo in Contemporary Performances of Two Large-scale Works of Chopin and Liszt".
View article: Neural basis of melodic learning explains cross-cultural regularities in musical scales
Neural basis of melodic learning explains cross-cultural regularities in musical scales Open
Summary Seeking exposure to unfamiliar experiences constitutes an essential aspect of the human condition, and the brain must adapt to the constantly changing environment by learning the evolving statistical patterns emerging from it. Cult…
View article: Asymmetry in scales enhances learning of new musical structures
Asymmetry in scales enhances learning of new musical structures Open
Significance This study examines a fundamental aspect of human cognition: how listeners learn musical systems. It provides evidence that certain types of symmetry featured in musical scales help listeners process melodic and tonal informat…
View article: Evaluating Hierarchical Structure in Music Annotations
Evaluating Hierarchical Structure in Music Annotations Open
Music exhibits structure at multiple scales, ranging from motifs to large-scale functional components. When inferring the structure of a piece, different listeners may attend to different temporal scales, which can result in disagreements …
View article: The neural processing of hierarchical structure in music and speech at different timescales
The neural processing of hierarchical structure in music and speech at different timescales Open
Music, like speech, is a complex auditory signal that contains structures at multiple timescales, and as such is a potentially powerful entry point into the question of how the brain integrates complex streams of information. Using an expe…