Exploring the Musical Mind
Cognition, Emotion, Ability, Function
John Sloboda
Table of Contents
Section A
1. The psychology of music reading
2. Experimental studies of music reading: a review
3. The uses of space in music notation
4. Immediate recall of melodies
5. Cognition and real music: the psychology of music comes of age
6. Psychological structures in music: core research 1980-1990
7. Book review of "Language, Music and Mind"
8. Does music mean anything?
Section B
9. Music as a language
10. Music psychology and the composer
11. Empirical studies of emotional response to music
12. Emotional responses to music: a review
13. Musical performance and emotion: issues and developments
Section C
14. Musical expertise
15. Musical ability
16. The acquisition of music performance expertise
17. Are some children more gifted for music than others?
Section D
18. Everyday uses of music
19. Music: where cognition and emotion meet
20. Music and worship: a psychologist's perspective
21. Emotion, functionality, and the everyday experience of music
22. The sound of music versus the essence of music
23. Assessing music psychology research