R. Bornstein reviewed the literature on complexity and preference in laboratory experiments
on mere exposure. One account for the preference results might be that viewers, when faced …

What can musical memories tell us about preference, and what can musical preferences tell
us about memory? In this article we contrast the two perspectives using a dialogic …

Recent music tourism researches are notable owing to growing socioeconomic significance
of music. But the question about how music affects tourists' behaviors in travel practice …

Does accompanying information (“framing”) such as in a program note influence our
preference for music? To date the findings have been mixed, although a small body of …

Children's and adults' attributions of shared knowledge of and shared preference for songs
were investigated across two prominent social categories: language and gender. Both …

Ljudska je svakodnevica ispunjena upravo ovom aktivnošću. Obavljamo kućanske i druge
poslove slušajući glazbu, odmaramo se i slušamo glazbu, bavimo se sportom ili rekreiramo i …

We investigate the potential for modulations in art assessment, involving either “bottom-up”
artwork-derived visual features or more overt “top-down” considerations based on personal …

Although Western tonal syntax can generate a very large number of chord successions of
various lengths and degrees of complexity, some types of music, from Renaissance dances …

Studies have shown that repeated exposures to novel songs cause an increase in a
person's memory and liking. These studies are commonly verified through self-reporting …

The field of music neuroscience allows us to use music to investigate human cognition in
vivo. Examining how brain processes familiar and unfamiliar music can elucidate underlying …