Search results from EBSCO for recent publications on 'musical imagery':

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&db=a9h&db=phl&db=pbh&bquery=musical+imagery&type=0&site=ehost-live

Search results from EBSCO for recent publications on 'background music'

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Useful texts on the psychology and neuroscience of music

Some further links to OUP books with full-text access to Wits staff and students:

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music
http://0-www.oxfordscholarship.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198525202.001.0001/acprof-9780198525202?rskey=G29ZtX&result=68

Exploring the Musical Mind
http://0-www.oxfordscholarship.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198530121.001.0001/acprof-9780198530121?rskey=kgp7Nh&result=149

Handbook of Music and Emotion:
http://0-www.oxfordscholarship.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199230143.001.0001/acprof-9780199230143?rskey=ttQ7UB&result=37

The Social and Applied Psychology of Music:
http://0-www.oxfordscholarship.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198567424.001.0001/acprof-9780198567424?rskey=4MW4W9&result=411

Contributions of Music to Research on Human Auditory Cognition:
http://0-www.oxfordscholarship.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198522577.001.0001/acprof-9780198522577-chapter-8

The Emotional Power of Music:
http://0-www.oxfordscholarship.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654888.001.0001/acprof-9780199654888?rskey=CIrTTI&result=9

Cognitive Foundations of Musical Pitch:
http://0-www.oxfordscholarship.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195148367.001.0001/acprof-9780195148367?rskey=CIrTTI&result=4

List of OSO books in Psychology associated with Music:
http://0-www.oxfordscholarship.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/search?pageSize=50&q1=music&sort=titlesort&t1=OSO%3Apsychology

Recent publication on the emotional power of music

The link below is to a recent OUP publication on the emotional power of music. Full-text available to Wits staff and students through Oxford Scholarship Online:

http://0-www.oxfordscholarship.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654888.001.0001/acprof-9780199654888?rskey=kgp7Nh&result=131

ICP 2012 Presentation - Sherriff & Pitman (2012)

The Powerpoint slides for Sherriff & Pitman's (2012) presentation titled 'Exploring everyday musical imagery: An experience-sampling study' can be accessed via the link below:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1CW4LT2aWMtWVFaZlBmbU1ydUk

Selected Readings: Mind-brain relations in mental illness and clinical practice

Miresco M.J. & Kirmayer, L.J. (2006). The persistence of mind-brain dualism in psychiatric reasoning about clinical scenarios. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 913-918.

Pitman, M.M. (2002). Psychotherapy is delicate psychosurgery. South African Journal of Psychology, 32 (4), 1-8.

Welcome - 2011

Welcome to my blog site on research interests and research supervision. My intention is to use this site as a means to communicating more effectively regarding my research interests, potential topics for supervision, suggestions for further reading, etc., first as an aid in the process of supervisor allocation and, later, as a mechanism for keeping track of progress in ongoing research projects.

Since I started this site at the beginning of 2009, I have supervised six postgraduate projects on music: three on music imagery (one honours project, one MA project), two on emotional (chill) responses to music (honours project), and one EEG-based study on the processing of musical syntax/structure (honours project). I have also supervised a study on the impact and bibiometric analysis of qualitative research in Psychology.

Please note that, in general, posts on this site are in no particular order – please judge their relevance to you by their title and content.

Regards

Michael Pitman