Music consists of precisely patterned sequences of both movement and sound that engage
the mind in a multitude of experiences. We move in response to music and we move in order …

Behavioral studies have provided evidence that the processing of a musical target is faster
and more accurate when it is harmonically related to the preceding prime context. We …

… The output of the fourth stage of Janata et al.’s (2002) TS model is an m × n × p array,
depicted in Figure 2, where p is the number of time samples and, at each time sample, an m × n …

… On the basis of previous literature (Janata et al., 2007; Wildschut et al., 2006) and our
current findings, we believe the source of music-evoked nostalgic experience to be the …

Western tonal music relies on a formal geometric structure that determines distance
relationships within a harmonic or tonal space. In functional magnetic resonance imaging …

… Here, we utilized the basic computational engine described in Tomic and Janata (2008)
along with a pair of additional measures that we describe later following a brief description of the …

Despite music's prominence in Western society and its importance to individuals in their
daily lives, very little is known about the memories and emotions that are often evoked when …

… within this volume all met a false discovery rate corrected significance criterion of P < 0.025.
… within this volume all met a false discovery rate corrected significance criterion of P < 0.025. …

… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to P. Janata, Department of
Psychological and Brain Sciences, 6207 Moore Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 (…

Humor is a uniquely human quality whose neural substrates remain enigmatic. The present
report combined dynamic, real-life content and event-related functional magnetic resonance …