Project Sherlock

Music · Music Psychology & Science

Foundations & Overviews

A topic within Music Psychology & Science, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Music.

Reading on Foundations & Overviews

2

2 works

Talk2023

Why Music Moves Us

Milton Mermikides (Gresham College)

Argues that musical emotion comes from expectation being set up, delayed and resolved, so what moves a listener is structural timing rather than the sounds themselves.

link checked 17 Sept 2026