Aiming at providing data points for a framework of adaptive audio implementations, this paper draws on previous results obtained from an ongoing series of experiments in ludomusicology. From discussing findings on enhanced user interaction in video games through the use of adaptive music, further insights are offered into optimising immersive experience by means of adjusted temporal-structural ...

The most perfunctory survey of the biographical literature devoted to Mozart – from the late eighteenth century to the present day – reveals an avid curiosity into the composer’s life history, perhaps a compulsive tendency to situate and contextualise his music. Although Mozart’s music might be clearly intelligible without knowledge of either his life or his eighteenth-century environment – twi...

Music has a pervasive tendency to rhythmically engage our body. In contrast, synchronization with speech is rare. Music's superiority over speech in driving movement probably results from isochrony of musical beats, as opposed to irregular speech stresses. Moreover, the presence of regular patterns of embedded periodicities (i.e., meter) may be critical in making music particularly conducive to...

Musicians tend to strive for flawless performance and perfection, avoiding errors at all costs. Dealing with errors while practicing or performing is often frustrating and can lead to anger and despair, which can explain musicians' generally negative attitude toward errors and the tendency to aim for flawless learning in instrumental music education. But even the best performances are rarely er...

 Environmental enrichment is one of the methods for improving fish growth performance. In the present trial, the effects of both light color and music on growth performance and survival of goldfish (Carassius auratus) (initial mean weight: 4.15±0.08 g) were investigated for 2 months. Two light color treatments (red light and white light) and three music treatments (M0: without music, M30:30 min...