The empirical literature on auditory imagery is reviewed. Data on (a) imagery for auditory
features (pitch, timbre, loudness),(b) imagery for complex nonverbal auditory stimuli (musical …

The purpose of this paper is to construct a comprehensive review of the research literature in
the reading of western staff notation. Studies in music perception, music cognition, music …

According to Mednick's theory of individual differences in creativity, creative individuals
appear to have a richer and more flexible associative network than less creative individuals …

We provide neurobehavioral evidence supporting the transferable benefit of music training
to alter brain function and enhance cognitive performance in a nonmusical visuospatial task …

Sight reading is a functional skill which is essential for all musicians involved in particular
fields of western classical music culture. In the last decade, expertise theory has shown that …

This study investigated the mental representation of music notation. Notational audiation is
the ability to internally “hear” the music one is reading before physically hearing it performed …

Is a pear sweeter than a peach? Which of Mona Lisa's hands is crossed over the other?
What would the Moonlight Sonata sound like played by a brass band? Although these are …

This study investigates the relationship between selected predictors of achievement in
playing unrehearsed music (sight reading) and the changing complexity of sight reading …

A longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the influence of practice on the long-term
development of expert pianists' motor skills in a relevant musical context. Temporal …

The comprehension of metaphors involves the ability to activate a broader, more flexible set
of semantic associations in order to integrate the meanings of the weakly related parts of the …