Exploring the Musical Mind: Cognition, emotion, ability, function

Contents

• Part A: Cognitive Processes
• 1 The psychology of music reading
• 2 Experimental studies of music reading: a review
• 3 The uses of space in music notation
• 4 Immediate recall of melodies
• 5 Cognition and real music: the psychology of music comes of age
• 6 Psychological structures in music: core research 1980-1990
• 7 Book review of Language, Music and Mind
• 8 Does music mean anything?
• Part B: Emotion and Motivation
• 9 Music as a language
• 10 Music psychology and the composer
• 11 Empirical studies of emotional response to music
• 12 Emotional responses to music: a review
• 13 Musical performance and emotion: issues and developments
• Part C: Talent and skill development
• 14 Musical expertise
• 15 Musical ability
• 16 The acquisition of music performance expertise
• 17 Are some children more gifted for music than others?
• Part D: Music in the real world
• 18 Everyday uses of music
• 19 Music: where cognition and emotion meet
• 20 Music and worship: a psychologist's perspective
• 21 Emotion, functionality, and the everyday experience of music
• 22 The sound of music versus the essence of music
• 23 Assessing music psychology research