Madison Lemoine

Mrs. Coco
English 1001
17 November 2015

Effects of Music on the Brain: An Annotated Bibliography

Collins, Anita. Music Education And The Brain: What Does It Take To Make A Change?.
UPDATE: Applications Of Research In Music Education 32.2 (2014): 4-10. Academic
Search Complete. Web. 18 Nov. 2015

Collins is trying to determine at what age is the best age for brain development through
musical education. She discusses how musical affects have been researched for decades
but not to determine what age range, period, or type is best for a childs brain
development.

This gives another way that music can affect the brain besides simple causing emotions.
It will give another perspective of musical effects on the brain.

This article has many references and discusses different types on research leading to
believe it is a credible source. The article also includes a table of studies included in
literature review to help provide more evidence.

Daly, Ian, et al. Music-Induced Emotions Can Be Predicted From A Combination Of

Brain Activity And Acoustic Features. Brain And Cognition (2015): ScienceDirect. Web.
19 Nov. 2015.

This article discusses how music-induced emotions are not the same for everyone and
vary from person to person. Throughout the article predictions of what emotion the music
might cause were made.

The experiment of guessing which emotion the music might cause was interesting to me.
The experiments and analysis would be useful to my paper.

This is a credible source because of the many cited sources in the article. It also shows
and explains the predictions made and the different outcomes.

Farrugia, Nicolas, et al. Tunes Stuck In Your Brain: The Frequency And Affective Evaluation
Of Involuntary Musical Imagery Correlate With Cortical Structure. Consciousness And
Cognition: And International Journal 35 (2015): 66-77. PyscINFO. Web. 19 Nov. 2015

The basis of this article is to research and better understand why certain music can get
stuck in your head. It discusses the affect the music has on the brain making one
continually sing the song over and over again in their head.

I considered this piece because I felt it would be an interesting way to talk about how
much can affect the brain. Possibly explain what types of songs get stuck in ones head
and why.

This article is full of data and different types of experiments. The step-by-step process of
the experiments and other references make this a reliable source.

Habibi, Assal, and Antonio Damasio. Music, Feelings, And The Human Brain.
Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, And Brain 24.1 (2014): 92-102. PsycARTICLES. Web.
17 Nov. 2015.

The article discusses the need for music to be investigated from both psychological and
sociocultural perspectives. It talks of how much can open up a great range of different
emotions in different types of people.

The psychological side of this article is what I found very interesting. It taught me many
things that I did not realize about the brain and musical affects. The article was well
written with great sources of information for me to use in my paper.

The many citations in the paper are why I feel this is a credible source. The source was
noted as an academic journal giving further evidence of its credibility.

Koelsch, Stefan. "Music-evoked Emotions: Principles, Brain Correlates, and Implications for

Therapy." Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 1337 (2015): 193-201.
MEDLINE. Web. 17 Nov. 2015

Koelschs journal offers great information on music-evoked emotions. In the journal he

lists seven principles-evaluation, resonance, memory, expectancy/tension, imagination,
understanding, and social functions-and provides a brief discussion on each topic.

I found this particular journal to be a good source for my paper because it provides a
great outlook on this topic. The journal is very in-depth with its research and will help to
educate me more on the subject. It will help me to better express how music can make
you feel different types of emotions.

This is most certainly a credible source due to the fact that it is from the Annals of the
New York Academy of Sciences. Along with this, there are also many sources cited and
credited to the journal.

Park, Mona, et.al. Differences Between Musicians and Non-Musicians In Neuro-Affective

Processing Of Sadness And Fear Expressed In Music. Neuroscience Letters 566.(2014):
120-124. MEDLINE. Web. 17 Nov. 2015.

This journal discusses how musicians and non-musicians are affected by music
differently. The three emotions investigated in the piece are fear, sadness, and emotions.
It shows how musicians can feel music differently than non-musicians.

This journal specifically interests me because I never thought to look at musicians vs.
non-musicians. This article will help add variety and different concepts to my paper. I
found reading this article very interesting and a different perspective than I originally
had.

The source of this paper is Neuroscience Letters leading me to believe that is a credible
source. It also has many credited authors from different universities.