We assessed the automaticity of spatial‐numerical and spatial‐musical associations by
testing their intentionality and load sensitivity in a dual‐task paradigm. In separate sessions …

The pattern of acquisition of speech-and music-related skills during early stages of human
infancy provides insight into the origins of language and music. Indiscriminate until shortly …

In the present study, we address the perceptual basis for developing abstract concepts by
investigating if there are any differences in the way sighted and blind 10-year-olds …

The binding of incongruent cues poses a challenge for multimodal perception. Indeed,
although taller objects emit sounds from higher elevations, low-pitched sounds are …

People often talk about musical pitch in terms of spatial metaphors. In English, for instance,
pitches can be high or low, whereas in other languages pitches are described as thick or …

This thesis presents an examination of gesture in Karnatak music, the art music of South
India. The topic is approached from two perspectives; the first considers Karnatak music …

Multilevel Grounding develops a new approach to musical meaning—Multilevel-Grounded
Semantics, addressing the well-known paradox that music seems full of meaning yet there is …

This thesis investigates the notion of shape in music from a psychological perspective.
Rooted in the embodied cognition research programme, it seeks to understand what kinds of …

Hatten (1994) writes that if musical passages are “inappropriate to the context of the
movement... an ironic interpretation would be one way to reconcile that inappropriateness as …