Harmonic Closure: Music Theory and Perception

A Perspective Theory of Music Perception and Emotion

Doctoral dissertation in musicology at the Department of Culture, Aesthetics and Media, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 2008, 311 pages. Language: English. Title: A Perspective Theory of Music Perception and Emotion. Author: Björn Vickhoff Series: Skrifter från musikvetenskap, Göteborgs universitet nr 90 In order to answer the question of why music moves us emotionally we need to understand t...

Neural Correlates of Boredom in Music Perception

Introduction: Music can elicit powerful emotional responses, the neural correlates of which have not been properly understood. An important aspect about the quality of any musical piece is its ability to elicit a sense of excitement in the listeners. In this study, we investigated the neural correlates of boredom evoked by music in human subjects. Methods: We used EEG recording in nine sub...

Music Perception and Cognition

Music perception and cognition is the area of cognitive psychology devoted to determining the mental mechanisms underlying our appreciation of music, and in this chapter we review the major findings. We begin with the perception and cognition of pitch, which is the most thoroughly researched area in the field. We then consider perceptual organization in music in the dimension of time, followed ...

Music Perception and Cognition

Synesthesia and music perception

The present review examined the cross-modal association of sensations and their relationship to musical perception. Initially, the study focuses on synesthesia, its definition, incidence, forms, and genetic and developmental factors. The theories of the neural basis of synesthesia were also addressed by comparing theories emphasizing the anatomical aspect against others reinforcing the importan...