Music has cognitive, psychosocial, behavioral and motor benefits for people with
neurological disorders such as dementia, stroke, Parkinson's disease (PD) and Autism …

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 …

The 2020 Covid-19 global pandemic has greatly impacted societies around the world,
where governmental strategies to curb and control the outbreak have resulted in citizens …

Concerns have been raised that prolonged exposure to heavy metal music with aggressive
themes can increase the risk of aggression, anger, antisocial behaviour, substance use …

Concerns about whether fictional media can have a contagion effect on youth viewers have
been debated for several decades. In the 1980s these led to several lawsuits featuring …

Simple Summary Understanding the relationship that tourists have with the giant panda can
be taken-for-granted given this species' iconic status and cuteness. Based on a self …

Research suggests that engagement with music containing violent themes (eg, extreme
metal, rap) often results in positive psychosocial outcomes for fans. However, it is not clear …

Fans of extreme metal and rap music with violent themes, hereafter termed “violently themed
music,” predominantly experience positive emotional and psychosocial outcomes in …

While the benefits to mood and well-being from passionate engagement with music are well-
established, far less is known about the relationship between passion for explicitly violently …

This chapter draws on theory and a range of recent research literature to explain how music
contributes to human flourishing. It first treats music listening and music-making as separate …