Developmental and Cognitive Psychology

Volkova, A., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., Papsin, B.C., & Gordon, K.A. (in press). Children with bilateral cochlear implants identify emotion in speech and music. Cochlear Implants International.

Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2012, August 20). Listeners remember music they like. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0029671 (click here for PDF)

Kalender, B., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2012, February 25). Cross-cultural differences in meter perception. Psychological Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00426-012-0427-y (Click here for PDF)

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 (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Weiss, M.W. (2013). Music and cognitive abilities. In D. Deutsch (Ed.), The psychology of music (3rd ed., pp. 499-550). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Weiss, M.W., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2012). Something in the way she sings: Enhanced memory for vocal melodies. Psychological Science, 23, 1074-1078. (click here for PDF)

Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2012). Music cognition: A developmental perspective. Topics in Cognitive Science, 4, 485-497. (click here for PDF)

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, 196-203. (Click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Mankarious, M. (2012). Music training and emotion comprehension in childhood. Emotion, 12, 887-891. (click here for PDF)

Ladinig, O., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2012). Liking unfamiliar music: Effects of felt emotion and individual differences. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 6, 146-154. (Click here for PDF)

Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Letnic, A.K. (2012). Fast and loud background music hinders reading comprehension. Psychology of Music, 40, 700-708. (Click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2012). Cognitive performance after music listening: A review of the Mozart effect. In R.A.R. MacDonald, G. Kreutz, & L. Mitchell (Eds.), Music, health and wellbeing (pp. 324-338). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

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, 501-508. (click here for PDF)

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, 1425-1433. (click here for PDF)

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. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Music lessons, emotional intelligence, and IQ. Music Perception, 29, 185-194. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Winner, E. (2011). Music training and nonmusical abilities: Introduction. Music Perception, 29, 129-132. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Winner, E. (Eds., 2011). Music training and nonmusical abilities. Special issue of Music Perception, 29, 129-235.

Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Griffith, A.T. (2011). Misery loves company: Mood-congruent emotional responding to music. Emotion, 11, 1068-1072. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Examining the association between music lessons and intelligence. British Journal of Psychology, 102, 283-302. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Music lessons and intelligence: Reply to commentaries. British Journal of Psychology, 102, 309-312. (click here for PDF)

Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Stalinski, S.M. (2011). Liking and identifying emotionally expressive music: Age and gender differences. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 110, 80-93. (click here for PDF)

Hunter, P.G., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Interactive effects of personality and frequency of exposure on liking for music. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 175-179. (click here for PDF)

Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2010). Shifting perceptions: Developmental changes in judgments of melodic similarity. Developmental Psychology, 46, 1799-1803. (click here for PDF)

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 (click here for PDF)

Hunter, P.G., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2010). Music and emotion. In M.R. Jones, R.R. Fay, & A.N. Popper (Eds.), Music perception (pp. 129-164). New York: Springer. (click here for PDF)

Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., Van Lieshout, P., & Papsin, B. (2010). Children with cochlear implants recognize their mother’s voice. Ear and Hearing, 31, 555-566. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Moreno, S. (2010). Music lessons, pitch processing, and g. Psychology of Music, 38, 209-221. (click here for PDF)

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, 47-56. (click here for PDF)

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. (click here for PDF, click here for 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, 139-143. (click here for PDF)

Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2009). Identification of TV tunes by children with cochlear implants. Music Perception, 27, 17-24. (click here for PDF)

Hopyan, T., Schellenberg, E.G., & Dennis, M. (2009). Perception of strong- and weak-meter rhythms in children with spina bifida meningomyelocele. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 521-528. (click here for PDF)

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.]

Schellenberg, E.G. (2008). By-products of music lessons: Commentary on Tierney, Bergeson, and Pisoni (2008). Empirical Musicology Review, 3, 205-207. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2008). The role of exposure in emotional responses to music. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 594-595. (click here for PDF)

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, 1759-1763. (click here for PDF)

Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Nakata, T. (2008). Cross-cultural perspectives on pitch memory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 100, 40-52. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Peretz, I. (2008). Music, language, and cognition: Unresolved issues. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12, 45-46. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (2008). Is there an Asian advantage for pitch memory? Music Perception, 25, 241-252. (click here for PDF)

Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Schimmack, U. (2008). Mixed affective responses to music with conflicting cues. Cognition and Emotion, 22, 327-352. (click here for PDF, click here for sound files)

Schellenberg, E.G., Peretz, I., & Vieillard, S. (2008). Liking for happy and sad sounding music: Effects of exposure. Cognition and Emotion, 22, 218-237. (click here for PDF)

Hannon, E.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2008). Frühe entwicklund 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.

Schellenberg, E.G., Nakata, T., Hunter, P.G., & Tamoto, S. (2007). Exposure to music and cognitive performance: Tests of children and adults. Psychology of Music, 35, 5-19. (click here for PDF)

Volkova, A., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2006). Infants' memory for musical performances. Developmental Science, 9, 583-589. (click here for PDF)

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, 1091-1103. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2006). Exposure to music: The truth about the consequences. In G.E. McPherson (Ed.), The child as musician: A handbook of musical development (pp. 111-134). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2006). Long-term positive associations between music lessons and IQ. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98, 457-468. (click here for PDF)

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.

Schellenberg, E.G., & Hallam, S. (2005). Music listening and cognitive abilities in 10 and 11 year olds: The Blur effect. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1060, 202-209. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2005). Music and cognitive abilities. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 322-325. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., Bigand, E., Poulin, B., Garnier, C., & Stevens. C. (2005). Children's implicit knowledge of harmony in Western music. Developmental Science, 8, 551-566. (click here for PDF)

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, 29-32. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2004). Music lessons enhance IQ. Psychological Science, 15, 511-514. (click here for PDF)

Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Papsin, B. (2004). Music recognition by children with cochlear implants. International Congress Series, 1273, 193-196. (click here for PDF)

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, 370-381. (click here for PDF)

Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. (2004). Decoding speech prosody: Do music lessons help? Emotion, 4, 46-64. (click here for PDF)

Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. (2003). Perceiving prosody in speech: Effects of music lessons. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 999, 530-532. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2003). Does exposure to music have beneficial side effects? In I. Peretz & R.J. Zatorre (Eds.), The cognitive neuroscience of music (pp. 430-448). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Don, A.J., Schellenberg, E.G., Reber, A.S., DiGirolamo, K.M., & Wang, P.P. (2003). Implicit learning in children and adults with Williams Syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology, 23, 201-225. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (2003). Accurate pitch memory is widespread. Psychological Science, 14, 262-266. (click here for stimulus samples) (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., Adachi, M., Purdy, K.T., & McKinnon, M.C. (2002). Expectancy in melody: Tests of children and adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131, 511-537. (click here for PDF)

Husain, G., Thompson, W.F., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2002). Effects of musical tempo and mode on arousal, mood, and spatial abilities. Music Perception, 20, 149-169. (click here for PDF)

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. (2001). Asymmetries in the discrimination of musical intervals: Going out-of-tune is more noticeable than going in-tune. Music Perception, 19, 223-248. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (2001). Music and nonmusical abilities. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 930, 355-371. (click here for PDF)

Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. (2001). Arousal, mood, and the Mozart effect. Psychological Science, 12, 248-251. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., Krysciak, A., & Campbell, R.J. (2000). Perceiving emotion in melody: Effects of pitch and rhythm. Music Perception, 18, 155-172.

Don, A.J., Schellenberg, E.G., & Rourke, B.P. (1999). Music and language skills of children with Williams syndrome. Child Neuropsychology, 5, 154-170. (click here for PDF)

Nantais, K.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1999). The Mozart effect: An artifact of preference? Psychological Science, 10, 370-373. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., Iverson, P., & McKinnon, M.C. (1999). Name that tune: Identifying popular recordings from brief excerpts. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 6, 641-646. (click here for PDF)

Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Kamenetsky, S.B. (1999). Infants' and adults' perception of scale structure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 25, 965-975. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1999). Culture-general and culture-specific factors in the discrimination of melodies. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 74, 107-127. (click here for PDF)

Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1998). Cultural determinism is no better than biological determinism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 21, 427-428.

McKinnon, M.C., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1997). A left-ear advantage for forced-choice judgements of melodic contour. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 51, 171-175. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G. (1997). Review of I. Deliège and J.A. Sloboda (Eds.), Musical beginnings: Origins and development of musical competence. Music Perception, 15, 223-227.

Schellenberg, E.G. (1997). Simplifying the implication-realization model of melodic expectancy. Music Perception, 14, 295-318.

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.

Schellenberg, E.G. (1996). Expectancy in melody: Tests of the implication-realization model. Cognition, 58, 75-125. (click here for PDF)

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, 3321-3328. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1996). Children's discrimination of melodic intervals. Developmental Psychology, 32, 1039-1050. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1996). Natural intervals in music: A perspective from infant listeners. Psychological Science, 7, 272-277. (click here for PDF)

Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1995). Music: Its relevance to infants. Annals of Child Development, 11, 1-24.

Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1994). Frequency ratios and the perception of tone patterns. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1, 191-201. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1994). Frequency ratios and the discrimination of pure tone sequences. Perception & Psychophysics, 56, 472-478. (click here for PDF)

Unyk, A.M., Trehub, S.E., Trainor, L.J., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1992). Lullabies and simplicity: A cross-cultural perspective. Psychology of Music, 20, 15-28. (click here for PDF)

 

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, 142-152. (click here for PDF)

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.

Adam, B.D., Sears, A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2000). Accounting for unsafe sex: Interviews with men who have sex with men. Journal of Sex Research , 37, 24-36. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., Hirt, J., & Sears, A. (1999). Attitudes toward homosexuals among students at a Canadian university. Sex Roles, 40, 139-152. (click here for PDF)

Keil, J.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1998). Compensating people with AIDS: A different perspective. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 30, 82-90. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., & Bem, S.L. (1998). Blaming people with AIDS: Who deserves to be sick? Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 3, 65-80.

Campbell, B., Schellenberg, E.G., & Senn, C.Y. (1997). Evaluating measures of contemporary sexism. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21, 89-102. (click here for PDF)

Schellenberg, E.G., Keil, J.M., & Bem, S.L. (1995). "Innocent victims" of AIDS: Detecting the subtext. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 1790-1800. (click here for PDF)

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, 251-264. (click here for PDF)