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Cognitive Implications of Musical Perception [PDF]

, 2008
Any musical experience is innately pertinent to cognition and psychology. This paper discusses various aspects of musical cognition, including notions of timbre in relation to spectromorphology, a term coined by Denis Smalley, a notable writer on aesthetics of electroacoustic music.
openaire   +2 more sources

Music of Sustained Tones [PDF]

This thesis accompanies the portfolio of compositions written between 2006 and 2010 and discusses both the overall theoretical concepts, and the specific musical tools, that lie behind their construction.
Glover, Richard
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Parental involvement and engagement during COVID‐19 lockdowns: School staff and parents' reflections about children's learning at home

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Valuing parental engagement, as part of home–school collaboration, can benefit children's learning. This article focuses on parents and school‐based staff's (N = 120) experiences of children's learning occurring at home during the COVID‐19 lockdowns (2020–2021), both school‐mandated and other learning activities.
Ashley Brett, Bonny L. Hartley, Deborah Wallace, Adewale Magaji, Lorraine Smith, Rachel Wolfendale   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Red musical identity and subjective wellbeing: a longitudinal study of the chain mediating roles of awe and prosocial behavior

Frontiers in Psychology
ObjectivesRed music, as a distinctive form of red culture in China, plays an important role in fostering national identity and promoting subjective wellbeing. However, empirical research regarding red musical identity remains scarce. This study addresses
Yongcan He, Yongcan He, Yongcan He, Shuo Wang, Shuo Wang, Binyue Liu, Pingping Wang, Jimei Yang, Maoping Zheng   +8 more
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Music-theatre as music: A practical exploration of composing theatrical material based on music-centric conceptualisation of myth [PDF]

, 2008
This thesis examines the notion of 'music-theatre as music' in its relation to myth. It is provided as an indispensable tool of critical commentary for the accompanying performances (that are included in the submission in DVD documentation) and as an in-
Zavros, Demetris
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What works in internal alternative provision? A salutogenic analysis

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Schools across England are setting up ‘internal alternative provision’ to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of increasing numbers of pupils at risk of suspension, exclusion and absence. However, there is little guidance about what good practice looks like.
Emma Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

Targeting Cognition and Behavior Post-Stroke: Combined Emotional Music Stimulation and Virtual Attention Training in a Quasi-Randomized Study

Brain Sciences
Background: Emotionally salient music may enhance attention-focused rehabilitation, yet concurrent music plus virtual-reality programs in chronic stroke are largely untested. We assessed whether personalized emotional music stimulation (EMS) layered onto
Rosaria De Luca, Federica Impellizzeri, Francesco Corallo, Andrea Calderone, Rosalia Calapai, Alessio Mirabile, Lilla Bonanno, Maria Grazia Maggio, Angelo Quartarone, Irene Ciancarelli, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò   +10 more
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Thinking Inside the Box: A New Integrated Approach to Mixed Music Composition and Performance [PDF]

, 2009
The Thinking Inside the Box project (TItB) seeks to address pragmatic concerns inherent to mixed music performance, and proposes ways to better consider the sound of the acoustic reality of the concert space at studio composition time.
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre, McLaughlin, Scott, Scott McLaughlin   +3 more
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

From holism to compositionality: memes and the evolution of segmentation, syntax, and signification in music and language [PDF]

, 2015
Steven Mithen argues that language evolved from an antecedent he terms “Hmmmmm, [meaning it was] Holistic, manipulative, multi-modal, musical and mimetic”.
Jan, Steven
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