In the age of the Internet and with the dramatic proliferation of mobile listening technologies,
music has unprecedented global distribution and embeddedness in people's lives. It is a …

The recent surge of interest towards the paradoxical pleasure produced by sad music has
generated a handful of theories and an array of empirical explorations on the topic …

Music comprises a diverse category of cognitive phenomena that likely represent both the
effects of psychological adaptations that are specific to music (eg, rhythmic entrainment) and …

The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are
connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic …

Examining the intersection of music, psychology, and neuroscience, Music, Thought, and
Feeling, Second Edition, surveys the rapidly growing field of music cognition and explores …

This essay offers a novel theoretical perspective on the evolution of music. At present, a
number of adaptationist theories posit that the human capacity for music is a product of …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 77 (5) of American
Psychologist (see record 2022-83948-009). In the article, the authors highlight the role of …

This study investigated the effects of voluntarily empathizing with a musical performer (ie,
cognitive empathy) on music-induced emotions and their underlying physiological activity …

Previous studies have shown that there is a difference between recognized and induced
emotion in music listening. In this study, empathy is tested as a possible moderator between …

The social cognitive basis of music processing has long been noted, and recent research
has shown that trait empathy is linked to musical preferences and listening style. Does …