The field of music and emotion research has grown rapidly and diversified during the last
decade. This has led to a certain degree of confusion and inconsistency between competing …

In this paper, we argue that music cognition involves the use of acoustic and auditory codes
to evoke a variety of conscious experiences. The variety of domains that are encompassed …

What is the nature of the feelings evoked by music? We investigated how people represent
the subjective experiences associated with Western and Chinese music and the form in …

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the psychology of emotion has grown to become its
own field of study. Because the study of emotion draws inspiration from areas of science …

The expressive qualities of music have been a matter of discussion by philosophers and
music theorists ever since Antiquity. It has been proposed that music may express, reflect, or …

Reviews empirical research concerning the influence of different factors in musical structure
on perceived emotional expression. Because listeners usually judge perceived expression …

In 1986, I wrote a book with the audacious title of “The Brain Code,” which summarized the
findings from neuropsychology indicating a particular view of hemispheric specialization …

Music is typically a pleasurable experience. But under certain circumstances, music can also
be unpleasant, for example, when a young child randomly hits piano keys. Such unpleasant …

People spend most of their lives in buildings and unavoidably perceive the sound in their
surroundings. The understanding of the human perceptual dimensions of sound is important …

Previous research on music and emotions has been able to pinpoint many structural
features conveying emotions. Empirical research on vertical harmony's emotional qualities …