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 …

This paper examines the role of mental imagery in music performance. Self‐reports by
musicians, and various other sources of anecdotal evidence, suggest that covert auditory …

We used fMRI to investigate the neuronal correlates of encoding and recognizing heard and
imagined melodies. Ten participants were shown lyrics of familiar verbal tunes; they either …

The Role of Anticipatory Auditory Imagery in musical ensemble performance was
investigated by examining the relationship between individual differences in auditory …

Music performance is inherently social. Most music is performed in groups, and even
soloists are subject to influence from a (real or imagined) audience. It is also inherently …

Ensemble musicians coordinate their actions with remarkable precision. The ensemble
cohesion that results is predicated upon group members sharing a common goal; a unified …

Certain brain disorders resulting from brainstem infarcts, traumatic brain injury, cerebral
palsy, stroke, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, limit verbal communication despite the …

Involuntary Musical Imagery (INMI) or “earworms” describes the experience whereby a tune
comes into the mind and repeats without conscious control. The present article uses an …

Despite persistent research and design efforts over the last twenty years, widespread
adoption of sonification to display complex data has largely failed to materialize, and many …

Listeners' expectations for melodies and harmonies in tonal music are perhaps the most
studied aspect of music cognition. Long debated has been whether faster response times …