2016/03/31 by Desmond Sergeant, Evangelos Himonides · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Neuroscience and Music Perception #Diverse Music Education Insights #Musicology and Musical Analysis #Psychology #Active listening #Musical #Terminology #Meaning (existential) #Perception #Composition (language) #Linguistics #Event (particle physics) #Cognitive psychology #Social psychology #Communication #Visual arts
paper · pdf · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00411
openalex publication_date 2016/03/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
In this study claims that music communicates gendered meanings are considered, and relevant literature is reviewed. We first discuss the nature of meaning in music, and how it is constructed and construed. Examples of statements of gendering in the literature are cited, and the problems identified by writers who have questioned their validity are considered. We examine the concepts underlying terminology that has been used in inconsistent and contradictory ways. Three hypotheses are posed, and tested by means of two listening tasks. Results are presented that indicate that gendering is not inherent in musical structures, but is contributed to the perceptual event by the listener.