This textbook provides a complete overview of motivation and emotion, using an
overarching organizational scheme of how biological, psychological, and environmental …

The study of musical abilities and activities in infancy has the potential to shed light on
musical biases or dispositions that are rooted in nature rather than nurture. The available …

Music is present in every culture, but the degree to which it is shaped by biology remains
debated. One widely discussed phenomenon is that some combinations of notes are …

Adults who move together to a shared musical beat synchronously as opposed to
asynchronously are subsequently more likely to display prosocial behaviors toward each …

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the
standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief …

How is the Beatles'" Help!" similar to Stravinsky's" Dance of the Adolescents?" How does
Radiohead's" Just" relate to the improvisations of Bill Evans? And how do Chopin's works …

Musical structure is complex, consisting of a small set of elements that combine to form
hierarchical levels of pitch and temporal structure according to grammatical rules. As with …

In adults, specific neural systems with right-hemispheric weighting are necessary to process
pitch, melody, and harmony as well as structure and meaning emerging from musical …

Previous studies suggest that musical training in children can positively affect various
aspects of development. However, it remains unknown as to how early in development …

The study of music perception and cognition is one of the oldest topics in experimental
psychology. The last 20 years have seen an increased interest in understanding the …