Abstract Thinking is accompanied by metacognitive experiences of ease or difficulty. People
draw on these experiences as a source of information that can complement or challenge the …

Research has investigated psychological processes in an attempt to explain how and why
people appreciate music. Three programs of research have shed light on these processes …

Abstract Art is embedded in its historical, social, political, and cultural context, and rarely
evaluated in isolation. The semantic context created by providing text-based information …

People invest precious time and resources on experiences such as watching movies or
listening to music. Yet, we still have a poor understanding of how such sensed experiences …

Adults listen to music for an average of 18 hours a week (with some people reaching more
than double that). With rapidly changing technology, music collections have become …

Emotional contagion has been explained as arising from embodied simulation. The two
most accepted theories of music-induced emotions presume a mechanism of internal …

The present study tested the effect of title type on the aesthetic evaluation of Japanese
poetry. Ninety participants read a Japanese poem presented with either a “descriptive” title …

Music-related decision-making encompasses a wide range of behaviours including those
associated with listening choices, composition and performance, and decisions involving …

We examine associations between prevailing weather conditions and music features in all
available songs that reached the United Kingdom weekly top charts throughout a 67-year …

Comprehensibility (readability) is understood as the ease with which a certain reader can
conduct the processes needed to comprehend a certain text in a certain situation …