Music Psychology
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The journey to liking music is influenced by personality
Article in question: Hunter, P.G., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Interactive effects of personality and frequency of exposure on liking for music. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 175-179. Free to view here What is it that makes us like a certain piece of music while another person can detest the same collection of notes? And what is the cognitive process by which we come to like or dislike a piece of music in the first place? No doubt with music, as with all the aesthetic arts, there are different strokes for different folks and part of the beauty of music is that people can experience varying reactions, thoughts and feelings in…
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Sensing the beat
Article: Grahn, J. A., Henry, M. J., & McAuley, J. D. (in press). FMRI investigation of cross-modal interactions in rhythm perception: Audition primes vision, but not vice versa. NeuroImage. For those who have read some of my blogs about ICMPC 11 you may already know the name Jessica Grahn. Jessica is a very talented researcher based at the MRC at Cambridge University, who does a cracking job of presenting as well. She does a lot of work on rhythm perception and production (including the work presented at ICMPC 11). This is not really my field, but I always enjoy reading about her studies. A new paper authored by her has…
