Music has always played a central role in human culture. The question of how musical
sounds can have such profound emotional and rewarding effects has been a topic of interest …

Is thought possible without language? Individuals with global aphasia, who have almost no
ability to understand or produce language, provide a powerful opportunity to find out …

A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research into the effects of music on the
brain Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception, including musical syntax …

Music is ubiquitous across human cultures—as a source of affective and pleasurable
experience, moving us both physically and emotionally—and learning to play music shapes …

Music is often studied as a cognitive domain alongside language. The emotional aspects of
music have also been shown to be important, but views on their nature diverge. For …

Cognition is often affected in a variety of neuropsychiatric, neurological, and
neurodevelopmental disorders. The neural discriminative response, reflected in mismatch …

Music therapists use guided affect regulation in the treatment of mood disorders. However,
self-directed uses of music in affect regulation are not fully understood. Some uses of music …

Expectation and prediction constitute central mechanisms in the perception and cognition of
music, which have been explored in theoretical and empirical accounts. We review the …

Music listening is highly pleasurable and important part of most people's lives. Because
music has no obvious importance for survival, the ubiquity of music remains puzzling and …

Rhythm as the time structure of music is composed of distinct temporal components such as
pattern, meter, and tempo. Each feature requires different computational processes: meter …