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Music in mood regulation: Initial scale development
(2008)
Music is recognized as an effective means of regulating mood. However, there has not been a scale for assessing the use of different regulatory strategies related to musical activities, and the purpose of the current ...
2006-2008 : Acknowledgements
(2008)
Learning and liking an artificial musical system: Effects of set size and repeated exposure
(2008)
We report an investigation of humans' musical learning ability using a novel musical system. We designed an artificial musical system based on the Bohlen-Pierce scale, a scale very different from Western music. Melodies ...
Seeing the sound: An exploration of the use of mental imagery by classical musicians
(2008)
Similarities exist between the performance of musicians and athletes; both must prepare to perform at their optimal level and both experience psychological reactions to performance. Sport psychologists have begun to ...
The effects of concert dress and physical appearance on perceptions of female solo performers
(2008)
This study investigates the importance of visual information in performance, focusing on the influence of dress on the musical evaluation of female classical soloists. In this study, four female violinists were filmed ...
Which part of the conductor's body conveys most expressive information? A spatial occlusion approach
(2008)
This study investigated the perception of conductors' body movements under different viewing conditions with a multi-modal within-subjects design. Five conductors with different levels of experience each conducted four ...
Musical character and the performance and perception of dotting, articulation and tempo in 34 recordings of Variation 7 from J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations(BWV 988)
(2008)
The performance of dotted rhythms has received considerable scholarly attention in the recent past. Historical musicologists mostly examined it in the context of baroque performance practice while music psychologists ...
Effects of different teaching styles on the development of musical creativity: Insights from interviews with music specialists
(2008)
This paper explores the effects of different teaching styles on the development of musical creativity among primary school children through insights of interviews with music specialists. An experimental study that was ...