Subject Guide: Psychology of Music
Introductory Source
Article 'Psychology of Music' (from Grove Music Online)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Some basic headings to search for information in the library's online catalog
Music - Psychology
Music therapy
Musical ability - Testing
Cognition
Symbolism in music
Perception
Call Numbers (Library of Congress)
You can browse these general call numbers in the stacks, or on the online catalog with the browse search:
ML 3830 General works
ML 3832 Rhythm
ML 3834 Melody
ML 3836 Harmony
ML 3838 Other
ML 3840 Color and music
Print Journals
Psychomusicology Bulletin
Council for Research in Music Education
Journal of Music Therapy
Journal of Research in Music Education
The Arts in Psychotherapy
Update: Applications of Research in Music Education
Web E-Journals
Noetica: A Cognitive Science Forum -- http://psy.uq.edu.au/CogPsych/Noetica/
Psycoloquy: An International Refereed Journal sponsored by the APA -- http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psycoloquy/
Electronic Indexes and Abstracts
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
PsycInfo (via EBSCOHost)
PsycArticles (via EBSCOHost)
Print Reference Sources
Bruno, Frank Joe. Dictionary of Key Words in Psychology. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1986.
REFERENCE BF 31 .B78 1986Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR. 4th ed., text revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, c2000.
Permanent Reserve (Main Circulation Desk) RC455.2 .C4 D536 2000DSM-IV Guidebook. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1995.
Permanent Reserve (Main Circulation Desk) RC 455 .2 C4 F69 1995Encyclopedia of Psychology. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1994. [4 volumes]
REFERENCE BF 31 E52 1994
Selected Books
Campbell, Don G. Introduction to the Musical Brain 2nd ed. Saint Louis: MMB Music, 1992.
Cook, Nicholas. Music, Imagination and Culture. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990.
Davies, Stephen. Musical Meaning and Expression. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994,
Dowling, W. Jay. Music Cognition. Orlando : Academic Press, 1986.
Handel, Stephen. Listening: An Introduction to the Perception of Auditory Events. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1993.
Hargreaves, David J. The developmental psychology of music. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1986.
ML 3830 .H23 1986Lee, Mathew H. M. Rehabilitation, Music and Human Well-Being. St. Louis, Missouri: MMB Music, 1989.
ML 3920 L44 R34Music and Child Development: The Biology of Music Making: Proceedings of the 1987 Denver Conference. St. Louis, Mo.: MMB Music, 1990.
ML 3820 M87 1990Music and the Cognitive Sciences, 1990. Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1993.
Music, Mind and Structure. Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1989.
Selected Internet Resources
NICI - Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information (Research in the computational modeling of temporal structure in musical knowledge and music cognition)
http://www.ru.nl/socialewetenschappen/nici/SEMPRE - Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (formerly SRPMME - Society for Research in Psychology of Music and Music Education)
http://www.sempre.org.uk/