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Fun, Trendy, Upbeat: Musical Tastes, Social Conditioning, and Contemporary Worship Music for Kids

open access: yesReligions
This article examines the correlation between “trendy” musical features and contemporary worship songs for kids. We engage in music video analysis, comparing three songs from a range of contemporary worship children’s ministries to critically examine the
Laura Benjamins, Anneli Loepp Thiessen
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Popular Music as Entertainment Communication: How Perceived Semantic Expression Explains Liking of Previously Unknown Music

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2020
Our contribution addresses popular music as essential part of media entertainment offerings. Prior works explained liking for specific music titles in ‘push scenarios’ (radio programs, music recommendation, curated playlists) by either drawing on ...
Steffen Lepa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

1. Musical Abilities Very Early in Life

open access: yesReview of Artistic Education, 2023
Music-related skills are not always an effect of systematic music education. Many music perception acquisitions develop naturally due to children’s exposure to melodic and rhythmical structures across their life.
Iuşcă Dorina Geta
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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
wiley   +1 more source

Music Preferences, Music Engagement and Healing [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
Present paper aimed to explore and understand the nature of engagement of college students with music, their music preferences and their experiences of 'healing through music'. A questionnaire, consisted of nine questions including trio of closed, open-ended and open-ended questions with partial pre-coding, was administered on two compare groups, music
openaire   +1 more source

Stakeholder Perspectives on Therapeutic and Safe Building Design in Residential Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Residential care is a form of out‐of‐home care that plays a critical role in supporting vulnerable young people in Australia. However, there is an evidence gap regarding the built environment in this context. This research aimed to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders in residential care in Victoria, Australia, regarding design that ...
Carmen Schroder   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Auditory and reward structures reflect the pleasure of musical expectancies during naturalistic listening

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
Enjoying music consistently engages key structures of the neural auditory and reward systems such as the right superior temporal gyrus (R STG) and ventral striatum (VS).
Benjamin P. Gold   +18 more
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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.
Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
wiley   +1 more source

Music Emotion Classification Based on Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks

open access: yesIEEE Access
The classification of musical emotions is crucial for the indexing, structuring, searching, and recommending of tracks and albums across various music platforms. Consequently, the automated categorization of musical emotions has become a vital element in
Jing-Ying Guo, Peng Wang
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The gift remembered: The Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) Anatomical Donor Stewardship's ethical and practical handbook for anatomy donor tributes

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Providing students with a way to honor human body donors during or after an anatomy course has been shown to help provide a sense of closure and comfort to students and, when present, donor families. Gestures of gratitude for donors can also emphasize humanistic values of respect, empathy, and professionalism.
Bobbie J. Leeper   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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