The comparative study of music and language is drawing an increasing amount of research
interest. Like language, music is a human universal involving perceptually discrete elements …

Music perception involves acoustic analysis, auditory memory, auditory scene analysis,
processing of interval relations, of musical syntax and semantics, and activation of (pre) …

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 …

The present research examined individual differences in music preferences. A series of 6
studies investigated lay beliefs about music, the structure underlying music preferences, and …

■ Abstract Research on how the brain processes music is emerging as a rich and
stimulating area of investigation of perception, memory, emotion, and performance. Results …

Music is so ubiquitous that it can be easy to overlook the powerful influence it exerts in so
many areas of our lives-from birth, through childhood, to old age. The Social and Applied …

Introduction Studies of categorical decision-making attempt to understand behavior by
probing how different features of complex and changing environments guide the selection of …

Music offers a unique opportunity to better understand the organization of the human brain.
Like language, music exists in all human societies. Like language, music is a complex, rule …

Rhythm and pitch are the 2 primary dimensions of music. They are interesting
psychologically because simple, well-defined units combine to form highly complex and …

Musicologists and linguists have often suggested that the prosody of a culture's spoken
language can influence the structure of its instrumental music. However, empirical data …