This research explores the clustering of songs using lyrics features grouped into similar classes and heterogeneous combinations. Simple techniques are used to extract 140 features for analysis with Kohonen self-organising maps. These maps are evaluated using visual analysis and objective measures of validity with respect to the clustering of eight hand-selected song pairs. According to gold st...

In a previous study (Simmons-Stern, Budson & Ally, 2010), we found that patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) better recognized visually presented lyrics when the lyrics were also sung rather than spoken at encoding. The present study sought to further investigate the effects of music on memory in patients with AD by making the content of the song lyrics relevant for the daily life of an older...