Implicit learning is a core process for the acquisition of a complex, rule‐based environment
from mere interaction, such as motor action, skill acquisition, or language. A body of …

We examined liking for excerpts of unfamiliar music taken from a wide variety of genres. The
excerpts varied in tempo (fast or slow) and mode (major or minor). Listeners provided liking …

psychoacoustic theories of dissonance often follow Helmholtz and attribute it to partials
(fundamental frequencies or overtones) near enough in frequency to affect the same region …

Some musical characteristics are cues to happiness (fast tempo, major mode); others are
cues to sadness (slow tempo, minor mode). Listening to music with inconsistent emotional …

Across species, there is considerable evidence of preferential processing for biologically
significant signals such as conspecific vocalizations and the calls of individual conspecifics …

In this experiment, participants (nonmusicians) heard pairs of melodies and had to judge
which of the two melodies was happier. Each pair consisted of a single melody presented in …

Little research has been conducted outside of the European–North American cultural area
concerning the personality-based determinants of musical genre preferences The present …

Publisher Summary This chapter explores sounds that evoke hedonic and aversive
responses in humans. The most commonly cited example is the sound of fingernails on a …

Hit Song Science is an emerging field of investigation that aims at predicting the success of
songs before they are released on the market. This chapter defines the context and goals of …

? Warum nutzen wir die Medien so, wie wir es tun? Die hier vorgeschlagene Theorie der
Mediensozialisation beschreibt, wie die gesellschaftliche Position und der Lebensverlauf …