Music psychology

ability to accurately identify musical notes by ear without reference

Psychoacoustics is the branch of psychophysics involving the scientific study of the perception of sound by the human auditory system. It is the branch of science studying the psychological responses associated with sound, including noise, speech, and music. Psychoacoustics is an interdisciplinary field including psychology, acoustics, electronic engineering, physics, biology, physiology, and computer science.

categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds

psychological effects of listening to Mozart's music

branch of both psychology and musicology

An earworm or brainworm, also described as sticky music or stuck song syndrome, is a catchy or memorable piece of music or saying that continuously occupies a person's mind even after it is no longer being played or spoken about. Involuntary Musical Imagery (INMI) is most common after earworms, but INMI as a label is not solely restricted to earworms; musical hallucinations also fall into this category, although they are not the same thing. Earworms are considered to be a common type of involuntary cognition. Some of the phrases often used to describe earworms include "musical imagery repetiti

Amusia is a musical disorder that appears mainly as a defect in processing pitch but also encompasses musical memory and recognition. Two main classifications of amusia exist: acquired amusia, which occurs as a result of brain damage, and congenital amusia, which results from a music-processing anomaly present since birth.

music in a film, video game or other medium that establishes mood

false perceptions of a real sound or outside stimulus

the ability to identify a given musical interval between two notes

dystonia that is localized to a specific part of the body

Biomusicology is the study of music from a biological point of view. The term was coined by Nils L. Wallin in 1991 to encompass several branches of music psychology and musicology, including evolutionary musicology, neuromusicology, and comparative musicology.

psychological warfare and torture technique

psychological relationship between human affect and music

scientific study of brain processes related to music

thumb|right|320px|Antonio Zucchi, Apollo and the Muses, 1767. Melomania is the intense attachment to music experienced by a music lover. Depending on the person, it can lead to exaggerated dependence. This music lover is passionate about music, and it is generally the aspect of their life they are most passionate about.

neurological disorder