The vocal performance is based on a variety of colours and shades influenced by the
musical ear and vocal apparatus development. The research aim is to apply a problem …

Emotional contagion has been explained as arising from embodied simulation. The two
most accepted theories of music-induced emotions presume a mechanism of internal …

Facial muscle activity contributes to singing and to articulation: in articulation, mouth shape
can alter vowel identity; and in singing, facial movement correlates with pitch changes. Here …

We have only a partial understanding of how people remember nonverbal information such
as melodies. Although once learned, melodies can be retained well over long periods of …

The emotional properties of music are influenced by a host of factors, such as timbre, mode,
harmony, and tempo. In this paper, we consider how two of these factors, mode (major vs …

Despite major advances in research on musical ability in infants, relatively little attention has
been paid to individual differences in general musicality in infants. A fundamental problem …

Recognition memory is better for vocal melodies than instrumental melodies. Here we
examine whether this vocal advantage extends to recall. Thirty-one violinists learned four …

Voices arguably occupy a superior role in auditory processing. Specifically, studies have
reported that singing voices are processed faster and more accurately and possess greater …

Previous studies have shown that vocal music listening supports neural recovery after brain
damage, and the ability to sing often remains for patients with aphasia. These find-ings have …

Previous research showed that people are less likely to recognize a recently heard melody if
it has changed timbre. This dissertation investigates how changing timbre influences melody …