The Psychology of Music in Multimedia is the first book dedicated to the scientific research on how we integrate sound and image when engaging with film, television, video, interactive games, and computer interfaces. The focus on empirical research and strong psychological framework make a unique and distinct contribution to the field. The international roster of contributors present rich and diverse perspectives from a wide range of disciplines includingpsychology, musicology, neuroscience, media studies, film, and communication. Collectively, the rich chapters in this edited volume present a comprehensive treatment of research on the multimedia experience,with the aim of disseminating this knowledge base and inspiring future scholarship.
This book explores the psychological processes involved in the integration of sound and image when engaging with film, television, video interactive games, and computer interfaces.
The temporal lobe of the pianist in our example will play a vital role in her ability to listen to and synchronize with the singer, as well as process auditory feedback from her piano performance. Another important lobe in the ...
Comprised of 18 chapters, this book begins with a review of the classical psychoacoustical literature on tone perception, focusing on characteristics of particular relevance to music.
Comprehensive introduction by noted musicologist covers physical and physiological bases of sound and hearing, elements of tone, pitch, musical ability, origins of music, psychology of music, much more.
This book explores the concept of incongruent film music, challenging the idea that this label only describes music that is inappropriate or misfitting for a film’s images and narrative.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Music, Mind, and Science
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This special issue of Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology features thirteen articles representing empirical and philosophical approaches to music's cognitive, political, and aesthetic significance. The introduction, "Systematic Musicology Past and Present,"...
We also owe gratitude to many colleagues we worked with in the Multimedia Processing and Communication Lab of National Taiwan University , including Heng - Tze Cheng , Chun - Yu Ko , Ann Lee , Cheng - Te Lee , Chia - Kai Liang ...