Cognitive Theory of Music: How Memory Builds Meaning While We Listen
An artistic representation of the human brain, illuminated with vibrant neural connections and adorned with musical notes and stars, symbolizing creativity and the interplay between music and cognition. Why can we recognize a song after hearing only its opening notes? How is it possible to remember a melody years after listening to it? And perhaps even more remarkably, why do two people understand the same piece of music in completely different ways? The answer lies not only
Posthumanist new materialist pathways for reimagining music education research: What matters? What can this offer music educators?
Much of historical and contemporary music education research is influenced by a Cartesian ontology of opposition.This reinforces the classic function of music and music education: the exercise of poss
Perceptual Theory of Music: How the Brain Organizes Sounds Before Understanding Them
Illustration of a woman's profile highlighting the brain's response to music, with colorful musical notes and audio waves depicting cognitive and emotional engagement. A symphony orchestra may contain more than eighty musicians performing simultaneously. Yet when we listen, we do not perceive a chaotic mixture of sounds. We effortlessly distinguish melody from accompaniment, recognize the sound of a violin among dozens of instruments and even follow a single singer within a c
