Theories of music origins and the role of musical emotions in the mind are reviewed. Most
existing theories contradict each other, and cannot explain mechanisms or roles of musical …

Listening to music is above all a human experience, which becomes an aesthetic
experience when an individual immerses himself/herself in the music, dedicating attention to …

The aim of this chapter is to give an overview of research relating to the temporal aspects of
music perception and cognition. This topic has quite a history as a research topic, having …

Empirical studies of emotions in music have described therole of individual musical features
in recognizing particular emotions. However, no attempts have been made as yet to …

In this survey, we summarize the current state of research in enactive music cognition
(EMC). We begin with a brief description and criticism of the classic cognitivist account …

Cognitive science arose in the 1950s when it became apparent that a number of disciplines,
including psychology, computer science, linguistics, and philosophy, were fragmenting …

Based on recent advancements in cognitive science and mathematical models of the mind,
this paper proposes a hypothesis on a fundamental role of music in cognition, and in the …

Ancient and contemporary theories of the cognitive functions of music are reviewed and
compared with the hypothesis (advanced in Part I) that music performs a fundamental …

Music, Passion, and Cognitive Function examines contemporary cognitive theories of music,
why they cannot explain music's power over us, and the origin and evolution of music. The …

An overview of the computational prediction of emotional responses to music is presented.
Communication of emotions by music has received a great deal of attention during the last …