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The power of music
... means that the manner in which people obtain and listen to music has changed radically since the early 1990s. Legal and ... websites make it possible to obtain a massive range of music within moments. These sites are complemented by a ... stations broadcasting...
In search of the language
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is ... Victor Hugo captures a widely acknowledged attribute of music – the sense that it helps us to communicate. It has ... been described, for example, as the language of love (‘Music is...
Motivating musical learning
No human society has existed without music, and many people experience music as a crucial aspect of their everyday lives. Music offers numerous personal and social benefits, including ...
The role of psychology in music education
... more generally, psychology played a major role in music education through the development of psychometric tests ... Carl Stumpf suggested a number of simple aural tests that music teachers might undertake to select pupils. ... opportunity to learn an instrument...
Music -shelter for the frazzled mind?
... these difficulties do not appear to generalise to music. Craig Romkema, a poet with autism has written of music as ‘the regulator of my nervous system, the shelter ... autism unequivocally show that Romkema’s feelings about music are by no...
Musings on music
Music and humans go back a very long way. The earliest ... All kinds of ideas have been put forward for why and how music came to matter so much to us. But what’s abundantly ... a society out there that doesn’t make and listen to music. And new...
Lost in music
... develop, is the ability to make sense of musical sound. Music is not ‘out there’ in the world but must be ... to tell one tune from another. Such individuals may find music impenetrable and confusing and go to great lengths to ... in order to understand the...
Web-only article: Psychology and the music of Michael Tippett -a song of innocence and experience
... the words for himself in order that the words and the music might not ‘compete for attention’) and popular ... of the view the he was the ‘vessel’ through which the music for his ballet The Rite of Spring passed from a deeper ... work offers a unique synthesis...
New voices: Digital piracy and the moral compass
... digital information. Two questions account for the bulk of music piracy research into predictive factors and deterrents: ... d’Astous et al., 2005, for example, where having swapped music in the past exerts a strong influence on one’s ... to address the...
For those psychologists about to rock...
... also exploring the relationship between psychology and music more generally? Can psychology help? My first question ... in psychology could influence how I learn or perform music. Of course, psychology can provide subject material. ... University in Montreal...
Feeling the blues
... the artist’s creation, to connect with their message. Music can communicate the musician’s internal world and ... and civil inequalities and injustices. In their music, performers have sometimes represented these emotions ... and often expressed their...
Music — where cognition and emotion meet
Music presents a puzzle. On the one hand, people love music and devote much time and effort to putting themselves ... Western society are surprisingly low. On the face of it, music has all the characteristics which would lead one to ...
Dyslexia – in tune but out of time
... simple way of thinking about rise times is to think about music. In music, we can have notes of the same pitch that are made by ... Just as both pitch and timing (rhythm) are critical for music, both frequency modulation and amplitude...
Big Picture: BitterSuite symphony
... a perception in another – for example, listening to music might cause a synaesthete to literally see colours. ... ‘BitterSuite springs from a motivation to take classical music audiences out of their mind to experience an embodied ... to truly create a sensory...
Music to our ears
... One ubiquitous aspect of everyday auditory environments is music. Music has a range of powerful physical, social, and emotional ... for example, Raymond MacDonald and colleagues’ 2012 book Music, Health and Wellbeing ). It is surprising,...
Emotions in motion
... which starts with a stretch, deep breaths and loud music. We breathe in and stretch up, before we release from ... pain, lack of energy and mood swings. Dancing to music is a great way to overcome these negative feelings ... both the exercise and our emotional...
Thirty three and a third
... with their darkly humorous and soul-baring lyrics. Perfect music for this old punk rocker! There’s plenty for ... to the new album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Music and science in harmony Laura Meldrum-Carter looks for ... in our archive , and over on the...
The surprising world of synaesthesia
... he claimed to experience coloured words, sequences and music. Regrettably, Sachs did not attempt to explain why he ... Pulford. Pulford (EP) said she experienced words and music in colour and asked whether anyone was interested in ... that are mainly located in...
Is music important?
... thought ‘Is it worth my while, since it’s only about music?’ Like millions, you may like to listen to the car ... to play’ in their local bar, or as pressure is put on music to justify its position and funding in the school ... at secondary and tertiary levels...
Is isolation or networking the pathway to genius?
... In contrast, the geniuses who manage to create images, music, stories, ideas, proofs, theories, or inventions ... the preposterous idea of providing an inventory of popular music available for purchase for whosoever had the cash – even if that music...
John Booth Davies 1944-2017
... years, was a psychologist with a wide range of interests: music, addiction, human factors and safety. He was born near ... Big Band for many years. His first book T he Psychology of Music (1978) dealt largely with the cognitive psychology of music...
Giving a voice to people with advanced dementia
... Mirroring as communication can also be facilitated by music, which has been shown to elicit a fundamental, ... al., 2011). Aldridge (1996) explains that receptivity to music is an ability that remains in the late stages of ... of cognitive abilities. One...
Arts and culture in a ‘new normal’
... – everything from virtual museum tours, to live-streamed music sets, to online resources for home-based arts ... is to make us feel better.’ Research from youth music theatre, youth slam and spoken word, group music, art therapy and beyond...
Unpleasant reactions to ‘music’
... (February 2015)? I have always felt a connection between music and a sense of space. Listening to pieces in two parts ... correct term for it. It occurs when I hear some sounds or music created by electronic means. Currently when the BBC ... as queasy. The same...
Synchrony and the art of signalling
... in many aspects of social life, such as sports, dance or music, and why it has been an essential and enduring part of ... Launay and colleagues argue that through dance and music, rituals and sports, bonding can take place between ... societies that we know...