Psychology of Music

What has America been singing about? Trends in themes in the U.S. top-40 songs: 1960–2010

Relaxed and connected: Insights into the emotional–motivational constituents of musical pleasure

Motivational orientations of college band students: A cross-cultural examination of a collective 2 x 2 achievement goal model

Music performance skills: A two-pronged approach – facilitating optimal music performance and reducing music performance anxiety

Precompetitive appraisal, performance anxiety and confidence in conservatorium musicians: A case for coping

Comparison of beliefs about teaching and learning of emotional expression in music performance between Spanish and English HE students of music

Effects of manipulating the tempo of popular songs on behavioral and physiological responses

Effects of group-based educational songwriting on craving in patients on a detoxification unit: A cluster-randomized effectiveness study

Music-evoked autobiographical memories in everyday life:

On music’s potential to convey meaning in film: A systematic review of empirical evidence

Can a rhythmic intervention support reading development in poor readers?

Choir singing as an activity to manage anxiety and temporomandibular disorders: Reports from a Brazilian sample

Perception of music-induced emotions in patients with somatoform disorders compared to healthy controls

A uses and gratifications approach to considering the music formats that people use most often

Exploring personality and musical self-perceptions among vocalists and instrumentalists at music colleges

Personality differences among musicians: Real differences or stereotypes?:

Does attending community music interventions lead to changes in wider musical behaviours? The effect of mother–infant singing classes on musical behaviours amongst mothers with symptoms of postnatal depression

First and foreign language early reading abilities: The influence of musical perception

Cognitive strategies in sight-singing: The development of an inventory for aural skills pedagogy

Reading musical notation versus English letters: Mapping brain activation with MEG

Extraversion and neuroticism: Associated responses to a positive mood induction

Popular music lyrics and musicians’ gender over time: A computational approach:

Choosing to study music in high school: Teacher support, psychological needs satisfaction, and elective music intentions

Descriptive analysis of university-student music preferences during different forms of physical activity:

Ageing and the orchestra: Self-efficacy and engagement in community music-making

Tuned in: Musical rhythm and social skills in adults:

Predicting musical taste: Relationships with personality aspects and political orientation

Effects of stereotype content priming on fourth and fifth grade students’ gender-instrument associations and future role choice:

Measuring musical preferences from listening behavior: Data from one million people and 200,000 songs:

The relationship between small music ensemble experience and empathy skill: A survey study:

A quantitative study of experiences impacting music teacher development

Change detection and schematic processing in music

The role of affect in practicing a musical instrument: A systematic review of the literature

The role of music on Holocaust survivor offspring and how it influenced their relationship with their parents

Musical expertise: Evidence from a pilot study on reaction times and time/frequency oscillatory responses

Does moving to the music make you smarter? The relation of sensorimotor entrainment to cognitive, linguistic, musical, and social skills

Motivational factors in adult, auditioned community choirs: The power of aesthetic experiences

Musical transposing versus sight-reading: Mapping brain activation with magnetoencephalography:

Maladaptive personality and psychopathy dimensions as predictors of music and movie preferences in US adults

An interpretative phenomenological analysis of exercisers’ use of music during workouts:

Narrative archetypes in the imagery of clients in Guided Imagery and music therapy sessions

Signature pedagogies for musical practice: A case study of creativity development in an orchestral composers’ workshop

Persisting with a music career despite the insecurity: When social and motivational resources really matter

The effect of concurrent visual feedback on adult singing accuracy

Effects of early break intervals on musicians’ and nonmusicians’ skill learning

Unfinished sympathies: Influence of individual temporal orientation on music preferences

Piano training enhances Stroop performance and musical self-efficacy in older adults with Parkinson’s disease: