User:RealSpill27/Music psychology

Effect on the brain
John Daniel Scott, among others, have cited that "people who sing are more likely to be happy". This is because "singing elevates the levels of neurotransmitters which are associated with pleasure and well being". Humans have a long prehistory of music, especially singing; before written language, stories were passed down through song,[citation needed] because song is often more memorable. There is also evidence that music or singing may have evolved in humans before language. Levitin, in his This is Your Brain on Music, argues that "music may be the activity that prepared our pre-human ancestors for speech communication" and that "singing ... might have helped our species to refine motor skills, paving the way for the development of the exquisitely fine muscle control required for vocal ... speech" (260). On the other hand, he cites Pinker, who "argued that language is an adaptation and music is its Spandrel ... an evolutionary accident piggybacking on language" (248).

Changes I want to make
For the section above, we'd like to find a better sourcing and/or change the wording in the first paragraph, where it says 'citation needed', using this source.

My Changes will look like this:

Effect on the brain
John Daniel Scott, among others, have cited that "people who sing are more likely to be happy". This is because "singing elevates the levels of neurotransmitters which are associated with pleasure and well being". '''Humans have a long prehistory of music, especially singing; it is speculated that music was used as an early form of social bonding (2). As stated by Savage et al. (2020), Songs were also used to identify a socio-cultural connection between individuals, as songs typically vary. If two people knew the same song, they likely had a connection from previous generations (7), because song is often more memorable. Savage et al. continues by presenting evidence that music or singing may have evolved in humans even before language.' Levitin, in his This is Your Brain on Music'', argues that "music may be the activity that prepared our pre-human ancestors for speech communication" and that "singing ... might have helped our species to refine motor skills, paving the way for the development of the exquisitely fine muscle control required for vocal ... speech" (260). On the other hand, he cites Pinker, who "argued that language is an adaptation and music is its Spandrel ... an evolutionary accident piggybacking on language" (248).

(My changes are in bold) - Blake

'Music Journals' Section
Music psychology journals include:


 * Music Perception
 * Musicae Scientiae
 * Psychology of Music
 * Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain
 * Music & Science
 * Jahrbuch Musikpsychologie

Music psychologists also publish in a wide range of mainstream musicology, computational musicology, music theory/analysis, psychology, music education, music therapy, music medicine, and systematic musicology journals. The latter include for example:


 * Acta Acustica United With Acustica
 * Cognitive Systems Research
 * Computer Music Journal
 * Empirical Musicology Review
 * Frontiers in Neuroscience
 * Frontiers in Psychology
 * Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
 * Journal of New Music Research
 * Journal of Mathematics and Music
 * Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
 * Research Studies in Music Education

Changes We want to make
Using the Blackwell Source, We hope to update and make changes to the Music Journals section of the Wiki article, improving the studies cited. We plan to explain the credibility of the user journals, and show what needs more empirical data and verifiable studies for more accurate data. Many of the links do not lead anywhere, so we'd like to improve this.