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Advanced Online Publications

  • Vincenzi, M., Correia, A.I., Vanzella, P., Pinheiro, A.P., Lima, C.F., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2022). Associations between music training and cognitive abilities: The special case of professional musicians. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000481 DOWNLOAD

Developmental and Cognitive Psychology

  • Lévêque, Y., Schellenberg, E.G., Fornoni, L., Bouchet, P., Caclin, A., & Tillmann, B. (2023). Individuals with congenital amusia remember music they like. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 23(4), 1210–1221. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-023-01084-6 DOWNLOAD
  • Schellenberg, E.G., Correia, A.I., & Lima, C.F. (2023). Is musical expertise associated with self-reported foreign-language ability? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 49(7), 1083-1089. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-023-01084-6 DOWNLOAD
  • Correia, A.I., Vincenzi, M., Vanzella, P., Pinheiro, A.P., Schellenberg, E.G., & Lima, C.F. (2023). Individual differences in musical ability among adults with no music training. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(7), 1585-1598. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221128557 DOWNLOAD
  • Correia, A.I., Castro, S.L., MacGregor, C., Müllensiefen, D., Schellenberg, E.G., & Lima, C.F. (2022). Enhanced recognition of vocal emotion in individuals with naturally good musical abilities. Emotion, 22(5), 894-906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000770 DOWNLOAD
  • Kragness, H.E., Swaminathan, S., Cirelli, L.K., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2021). Individual differences in musical ability are stable over time in childhood. Developmental Science, 24(4), e13081. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13081 DOWNLOAD
  • Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2020). Musical ability, music training, and language ability in childhood. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46(12), 2340-2348. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000798 DOWNLOAD
  • Schellenberg, E.G. (2020). Music training, individual differences, and plasticity. In M.S.C. Thomas, D. Mareschal, & I. Dumontheil (Eds.), Educational neuroscience: Development across the lifespan (pp. 415-441). Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003016830-21 DOWNLOAD
  • Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2019). Music training and cognitive abilities: Associations, causes, and consequences. In M.H. Thaut & D.A. Hodges (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of music and the brain (pp. 645-670). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198804123.013.26 DOWNLOAD
  • Swaminathan, S., Schellenberg, E.G., & Venkatesan, K. (2018). Explaining the association between music training and reading in adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 44(6), 992-999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000493 DOWNLOAD
  • Swaminathan, S., Schellenberg, E.G., & Khalil, S. (2017). Revisiting the association between music lessons and intelligence: Training effects or music aptitude? Intelligence, 62, 119-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.​1016/​j.​intell.​2017.​03.​005 DOWNLOAD
  • Dys, S.P., Schellenberg, E.G., & McLean, K.C. (2017). Musical identities, music preferences, and individual differences. In R. MacDonald, D.J. Hargreaves, & D. Miell (Eds.), Handbook of musical identities (pp. 247-266). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. DOWNLOAD
  • Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2016). Music training. In T. Strobach & J. Karbach (Eds.), Cognitive training: An overview of features and applications (pp. 137-144). New York: Springer. DOWNLOAD
  • Weiss, M.W., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Habachi, P. (2016). Pupils dilate for vocal or familiar melodies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42(8), 1061-1065. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000226 DOWNLOAD
  • Saindon, M., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & van Lieshout, P. (2016). Children’s identification of questions from rising terminal pitch. Journal of Child Language, 43(5), 1174-1191. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ S0305000915000458 DOWNLOAD
  • Nazarov, A., Frewen, P., Oremuc, C., Schellenberg E.G., & McKinnon, M.C. (2015). Comprehension of affective prosody in women with post-traumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 131(5), 342-349. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12364 DOWNLOAD
  • Corrigall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2015). Predicting who takes music lessons: Parent and child characteristics. Frontiers in Psychology, 6: 282. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00282 DOWNLOAD
  • Corrigall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2015). Liking music: Genres, contextual factors, and individual differences. In J.P. Huston, M. Nadal, F. Mora, L.F. Agnati, & C.J. Cela-Conde (Eds.), Art, aesthetics, and the brain (pp. 263-284). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. DOWNLOAD
  • Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2014). Arts education, academic achievement and cognitive ability. In P.L. Tinio & J.K. Smith (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of the psychology of aesthetics and the arts (pp.364-384). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. DOWNLOAD
  • Volkova, A., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., Papsin, B.C., & Gordon, K.A. (2014). Children’s identification of familiar songs from pitch and timing cues. Frontiers in Psychology, 5: 863. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00863 LINK
  • Schellenberg, E.G. (2014). Intelligence. In W.F. Thompson (Ed.), Music in the social and behavioral sciences: An encyclopedia (pp. 620-624). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. DOWNLOAD
  • Schellenberg, E.G. (2014). Mozart effect. In W.F. Thompson (Ed.), Music in the social and behavioral sciences: An encyclopedia (pp. 717-718). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. DOWNLOAD
  • Corrigall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2013). Music: The language of emotion. In C. Mohiyeddini, M. Eysenck, & S. Bauer (Eds.) Handbook of psychology of emotions: Recent theoretical perspectives and novel empirical findings (Vol. 2, pp. 299-325). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers. DOWNLOAD
  • Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2013). Listeners remember music they like. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 39(3), 700-716. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029671 DOWNLOAD
  • Corrigall, K.A., Schellenberg, E.G., & Misura, N.M. (2013). Music training, cognition, and personality. Frontiers in Psychology, 4: 222. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00222 DOWNLOAD
  • Schellenberg, E.G., Corrigall, K.A., Ladinig, O., & Huron, D. (2012). Changing the tune: Listeners like music that expresses a contrasting emotion. Frontiers in Psychology, 3: 574. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00574 DOWNLOAD
  • Schellenberg, E.G., & von Scheve, C. (2012). Emotional cues in American popular music: Five decades of the Top 40. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 6,(3), 196-203. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028024 DOWNLOAD
  • Ladinig, O., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2012). Liking unfamiliar music: Effects of felt emotion and individual differences. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 6(2), 146-154. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024671 DOWNLOAD
  • Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & van Lieshout, P. (2012). Age-related changes in talker recognition with reduced spectral cues. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(1), 501-508. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3669978 DOWNLOAD
  • Moreno, S., Bialystok, E., Barac, R., Schellenberg, E.G., Cepeda, N.J., & Chau, T. (2011). Short-term music training enhances verbal intelligence and executive function. Psychological Science, 22(11), 1425-1433. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611416999 DOWNLOAD
  • Weiss, M.W., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Augmenting cognition with music. In I. Segev & H. Markram (Eds.), Augmenting cognition (pp. 103-125). Lausanne, Switzerland: EPFL Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b12162 DOWNLOAD
  • Schellenberg, E.G., & Winner, E. (Eds., 2011). Music training and nonmusical abilities. Special issue of Music Perception, 29, 129-235.
  • Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2010). Shifting perceptions: Developmental changes in judgments of melodic similarity. Developmental Psychology, 46(6), 1799-1803. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020658 DOWNLOAD
  • Vanzella, P., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2010). Absolute pitch: Effects of timbre on note-naming ability. PLoS ONE, 5, e15449.  doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0015449 DOWNLOAD
  • Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Schimmack, U. (2010). Feelings and perceptions of happiness and sadness induced by music: Similarities, differences, and mixed emotions. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 4(1), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016873 DOWNLOAD
  • Schellenberg, E.G. (2009). Musikunterricht, geistige Fähigkeiten und Sozialkompetenzen: Schlussfolgerungen und Unklarheiten [Music lessons, intellectual abilities, and social skills: Conclusions and confusions] (pp. 114-124). In Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Ed.), Pauken mit Trompeten? Lassen sich Lernstrategien, Lernmotivation und soziale Kompetenzen durch Musikunterricht fördern? [Drilling with trumpets? Is it possible to enhance learning strategies, learning motivation and social competence with music lessons?] Bonn/Berlin: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. DOWNLOAD | ENGLISH TRANSLATION
  • Schellenberg, E.G. (2009). Music training and nonmusical abilities: Commentary on Stoesz, Jakobson, Kilgour, and Lewycky (2007) and Jakobson, Lewycky, Kilgour, and Stoesz (2008). Music Perception, 27(2), 139-143. https://doi.org/10.1525/MP.2009.27.2.139 DOWNLOAD
  • Hopyan, T., Schellenberg, E.G., & Dennis, M. (2009). Perception of strong- and weak-meter rhythms in children with spinabifida meningomyelocele. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15(4), 521-528. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617709090845 DOWNLOAD
  • Schellenberg, E.G. (2008). Music lessons enhance IQ. Mensa Research Journal, 39(3), 35-39. [Reprinted from Schellenberg, E.G. (2004). Music lessons enhance IQ. Psychological Science, 15, 511-514.]
  • Stalinski. S.M., Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (2008). Developmental changes in the perception of pitch contour: Distinguishing up from down. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124(3), 1759-1763. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2956470 DOWNLOAD
  • Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Schimmack, U. (2008). Mixed affective responses to music with conflicting cues. Cognition and Emotion, 22(2), 327-352. DOWNLOAD | SOUND FILES
  • Schellenberg, E.G., Peretz, I., & Vieillard, S. (2008). Liking for happy and sad sounding music: Effects of exposure. Cognition and Emotion, 22(2), 218-237. DOWNLOAD
  • Hannon, E.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2008). Früheentwicklund von musik und sprache [Early development of music and speech]. In H.Bruhn, R. Kopiez, & A.C. Lehmann (Eds.), Musikpsychologie: Das neue handbuch [Psychology of music: The new handbook] (pp. 131-143). Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany: Rowohlt Verlag.
  • Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2006). Song recognition by children and adolescents with cochlear implants. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49(5), 1091-1103. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2006/078) DOWNLOAD
  • Schellenberg, E.G. (2005/2006). Music lessons enhance IQ: A reply to Black and Steele. Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 4(2), 10-13.
  • Nakata, T., Trehub, S.E., Mitani, C. , Kanda, Y., Shibasaki, A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2005). Music recognition by Japanese children with cochlear implants. Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science, 24(1), 29-32. https://doi.org/10.2114/jpa.24.29 DOWNLOAD
  • Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Papsin, B. (2004). Music recognition by children with cochlear implants. International Congress Series, 1273, 193-196. DOWNLOAD
  • Nakata, T., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2004). Cross-cultural perspectives on pitch memory. Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics, IV,2729-2732.
  • Szpunar, K.K., Schellenberg, E.G., & Pliner, P. (2004). Liking and memory for musical stimuli as a function of exposure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30(2), 370-381. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.30.2.370 DOWNLOAD
  • Thompson, W.F., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2002). Cognitive constraints on music listening. In R. Collwell & C. Richardson (Eds.), The new handbook of music teaching and learning (pp. 461-486). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Schellenberg, E.G., Krysciak, A., & Campbell, R.J. (2000). Perceiving emotion in melody: Effects of pitch and rhythm. Music Perception, 18(2), 155-171. https://doi.org/10.2307/40285907
  • Schellenberg, E.G. (1997). Review of I. Deliège and J.A. Sloboda (Eds.), Musical beginnings: Origins and development of musical competence. Music Perception, 15(2), 223-227. https://doi.org/10.2307/40285750 DOWNLOAD
  • Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Hill, D.S. (1997). Music perception and cognition: A developmental perspective. In I. Deliège & J.A. Sloboda (Eds.), Music perception and cognition (pp. 121-162). Sussex, UK: Psychology Press. GOOGLE BOOKS LINK
  • Schellenberg, E.G., & Trainor, L.J. (1996). Sensory consonance and the perceptual similarity of complex-tone harmonic intervals: Tests of adult and infant listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 100(5), 3321-3328. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.417355 DOWNLOAD
  • Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1995). Music: Its relevance to infants. Annals of Child Development, 11, 1-24.

 

Social Psychology

  • Mantler, J., Schellenberg, E.G., & Page, J.S. (2003). Attributions for serious illness: Are controllability, responsibility, and blame different constructs? Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 35(2), 142-152. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0087196 DOWNLOAD
  • Adam, B.D., Sears, A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2001). Men who have sex with other men. In B.A. Jacobs (Ed.), Investigating deviance: An anthology (pp. 254-272). Los Angeles: Roxbury.
  • Schellenberg, E.G., Wasylenki, D., Webster, C.D., & Goering, P. (1992). A review of arrests among psychiatric patients. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 15(3), 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/0160-2527(92)90002-I DOWNLOAD