Three experiments examined changes in liking and memory for music as a function of
number of previous exposures, the ecological validity of the music, and whether the …

In three experiments, the effects of exposure to melodies on their subsequent liking and
recognition were explored. In each experiment, the subjects first listened to a set of familiar …

We report five experiments in which listeners heard the beginnings of classical minuets (or
similar dances). The phrase in either measures 1-2 or measures 3-4 was selected as a …

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 …

We examined liking for happy-and sad-sounding music as a function of exposure, which
varied both in quantity (number of exposures) and in quality (focused or incidental listening) …

The perceptual restoration of musical sounds was investigated in 5 experiments with AG
Samuel's (1981) discrimination methodology. Restoration in familiar melodies was …

Results Three-way analyses of variance were carried out on the “Liking” and “Quality”
ratings separately, with one between-subjects factor (Trained-Untrained), and two within …

Undergraduate volunteers rated a series of words for pleasantness while hearing a
particular background music. The subjects in Experiment 1 received, immediately or after a …

This study investigated the ways in which musical preferences might vary with the listening
situation. Independent groups of subjects were presented with a verbal description of 1 of 17 …

Two studies examined the effect of repetition on the familiarity and likeability of popular
music recordings, utilising the" natural" repetition of records in the music media. The …