Does music make you smarter? Music listening and music lessons have been claimed to confer intellectual advantages. Any association between music and intellectual functioning would be notable only if the benefits apply reliably to nonmusical abilities and
Two studies investigated the relationship among British students between liking for 'problem' music, indices of deviance, and scores on a slightly modified version of the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS). Study I indicated a positive relationship between
The present article reports further analysis of the data in Sato (2001). In that study, factor analysis of reasons students gave for selecting a music school revealed 3 factors that may have raised the probability of their feeling of adaptation to college
Rai has evolved from native Orani-Algerian music with provocative lyrics sung at local cafes, bars, and bordellos to the most popular and controversial music in North Africa today. It was banned from the Algerian broadcast media because it was considered
Music is widely used to enhance well-being, reduce stress, and distract patients from unpleasant symptoms. Although there are wide variations in individual preferences, music appears to exert direct physiologic effects through the autonomic nervous system
The article charts the rise and fall in the dissemination of Boccherini's published music in Vienna before 1800 by examining two sets of documents that have previously attracted little scholarly attention. Artaria's sales catalogues shed light on the bu
To complete traditional explanations of why the performing arts tend to run a deficit, the case of Early Music orchestras is examined. The usual mechanisms do not suffice to explain why these institutions suffer from the illness of costs. Two hypotheses a
Scientific claims to knowledge and the uses of technological artifacts are both inherently contestable, but both are not usually contested together. Consumers of 'specialty' audio equipment (known as the 'high end'), however, connect both forms of res
In recent years, various forces within and outside the music industry record producers, hardware and software suppliers, and Internet service providers have created techniques and tools that allow recording studios in remote locations to be networked in e
Tinkering has long figured prominently in the history of the electric guitar. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, two guitarists based in the burgeoning Southern California hard rock scene adapted technological tinkering to their musical endeavors. Edw
Professional music journals frequently publish descriptions of newly registered patents concerning classical musical instruments. Only a few of the many proposals for innovation actually enter production. The large number of ideas for improving musical in
Musical heritage is a profitable resource in the development of cultural tourism worldwide, yet the identities of the communities whose music is recontextualized at venues are frequently co-opted in the process. Centering on an Aboriginal tourism company
Approximate pattern matching algorithms have become an important tool in computer assisted music analysis and information retrieval. The number of different problem formulations has greatly expanded in recent years, not least because of the subjective nat
A feminist issue that still attracts a great deal of both academic and public debate is the topic of body-image, particularly in relation to women's physical and emotional health. In today's media-saturated world, women are constantly surrounded by imag
Background: The objectives of this review were to examine the overall efficacy of music therapy for children and adolescents with psychopathology, and to examine how the size of the effect of music therapy is influenced by the type of pathology, client's