Research Articles

2022

• Kubit, B. M., & Janata, P. (in press). Spontaneous mental replay of music improves memory for musical sequence knowledge. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
• Fink, L. K., Alexander, P. C., & Janata, P. The Groove Enhancement Machine (GEM): A Multi-Person Adaptive Metronome to Manipulate Sensorimotor Synchronization and Subjective Enjoyment. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 16 (2022). https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2022.916551.

2021

• Kubit, B. M., & Janata, P. (2021). Spontaneous mental replay of music improves memory for incidentally associated event knowledge. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication.

2020

• Beier, E. J., Janata, P., Hulbert, J. C., & Ferreira, F. (2020). Do You Chill When I Chill? A Cross-Cultural Study of Strong Emotional Responses to Music. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000310

2018

• Fink, L. K., Hurley, B. K., Geng, J. J., & Janata, P. (2018). A linear oscillator model predicts dynamic temporal attention and pupillary entrainment to rhythmic patterns. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 11(2). doi:10.16910/jemr.11.2.12
• Janata, P., Peterson, J., Ngan, C., Keum, B., Whiteside, H., & Ran, S. (2018). Psychological and musical factors underlying engagement with unfamiliar music. Music Perception.
• Kubit, B., & Janata, P. (2018). Listening for memories: attentional focus dissociates functional brain networks engaged by memory-evoking music. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pmu0000210
• Hurley, B. K., Fink, L. K., & Janata, P. (2018). Mapping the dynamic allocation of temporal attention in musical patterns. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000563

2017

• Barrett, F. S., Preller, K. H., Herdener, M., Janata, P., & Vollenweider, F. X. (2017). Serotonin 2A Receptor Signaling Underlies LSD-induced Alteration of the Neural Response to Dynamic Changes in Music. Cerebral Cortex, 1-12. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhx257

2016

• Barrett, F.S., Janata, P. (2016) Neural responses to nostalgia-evoking music modeled by elements of dynamic musical structure and individual differences in affective traits. Neuropsychologia, 91, 234-246.
• Stupacher, J., Hove, M.J., & Janata, P. (2016). Audio features underlying perceived groove and sensorimotor synchronization in music. Music Perception 33(5):571-589.

2015

• Lee, Y. S., Janata, P, Frost, C., Martinez, Z., & Granger, R. (2015). Melody recognition revisited: influence of melodic gestalt on the encoding of relational pitch information. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22(1), 163-169.

2014

• Hurley, B.K., Martens, P. A., & Janata, P. (2014). Spontaneous sensorimotor coupling with multipart music. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40(4), 1679-1696.
• Collins, T., Tillmann, B., Barrett, F. S., Delbé, C., & Janata, P. (2014). A combined model of sensory and cognitive representations underlying tonal expectations in music: From audio signals to behavior. Psychological Review, 121(1), 33-65. doi: 10.1037/a0034695
• Fairhurst, M. T., Janata, P., & Keller, P. E. (2014). Leading the follower: An fMRI investigation of dynamic cooperativity and leader-follower strategies in synchronization with an adaptive virtual partner. Neuroimage, 84, 688-697. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.09.027

2013

• Barrett, F. S., Robins, R. W., & Janata, P. (2013). A Brief Form of the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales. Psychological Assessment, 25(3), 826-843. doi: 10.1037/a0032576 Pre-Print Manuscript
• Fairhurst, M. T., Janata, P., & Keller, P. E. (2013). Being and Feeling in Sync with an Adaptive Virtual Partner: Brain Mechanisms Underlying Dynamic Cooperativity. Cerebral Cortex, 23(11), 2592-2600. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhs243 Online ahead of print
• Janata, P., & Edwards, W. H. (2013). A novel sonification strategy for auditory display of heart rate and oxygen saturation changes in clinical settings. Human Factors. 55(2), 356-372.
• Golubock, J. L., & Janata, P. (2013). Keeping timbre in mind: Working memory for complex sounds that can't be verbalized. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 39(2), 399-412. Online First Publication, September 10, 2012. doi: 10.1037/a0029720

2012

• Janata, P. (2012). Acuity of mental representations of pitch. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1252(1), 214-221. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06441.x
• Janata, P., Tomic, S. T., & Haberman, J. (2012). Sensorimotor coupling in music and the psychology of the groove. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 141(1): 54–75. doi: 10.1037/a0024208
• Janata, P. (2012). Effects of Widespread and Frequent Personalized Music Programming on Agitation and Depression in Assisted Living Facility Residents With Alzheimer- Type Dementia. Music and Medicine, 4(1), 8–15. doi:10.1177/1943862111430509.

2011

• Johnson, J. K., Chang, C. C., Brambati, S. M., Migliaccio, R., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Miller, B. L., Janata, P. (2011). Music recognition in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and Alzheimer disease. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 24(2):85–92.
• Lee, Y. S., Janata, P., Frost, C., Hanke, M., & Granger, R. (2011). Investigation of melodic contour processing in the brain using multivariate pattern-based fMRI. NeuroImage, 57(1)293-300. [doi: DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.006].

2010

• Navarro Cebrian, A., & Janata, P. (2010). Electrophysiological Correlates of Accurate Mental Image Formation in Auditory Perception and Imagery Tasks. Brain Research. 1342:39–54. [doi: DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.04.026].
• Navarro Cebrian, A., & Janata, P. (2010). Influences of multiple memory systems on auditory mental image acuity. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127(5) 3189-3202.
• Barrett, F. S., Grimm, K. J., Robins, R. W., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., & Janata, P. (2010). Music-evoked nostalgia: Affect, memory, and personality. Emotion. 10(3): 390–403.

2009

• Janata, P. (2009). The neural architecture of music-evoked autobiographical memories. Cerebral Cortex, 19, 2579-2594.

2008

• Tomic, S. T., & Janata, P. (2008). Beyond the beat: modeling metric structure in music and performance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 124(6): 4024–4041. (also see our local project web-page with relevant code ).
• Tillmann, B., Janata, P., Birk, J. L., & Bharucha, J. J. (2008). Tonal centers and expectancy: facilitation or inhibition of chords at the top of the harmonic hierarchy? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 34(4): 1031-1043.

2007

• Janata, P., Tomic, S. T., & Rakowski, S. K. (2007). Characterization of music-evoked autobiographical memories. Memory, 15(8), 845–860.
• Tomic, S.T., & Janata, P. (2007). Ensemble: A Web-Based System for Psychology Survey and Experiment Management. Behavior Research Methods. 39(3), 635–650. (see also our local Ensemble web-page)

2006

• Janata, P., & Paroo, K. (2006). Acuity of auditory images in pitch and time. Perception & Psychophysics. 68(5):829-844.

2004 and before

• Handy, T.C., Miller, M.B., Schott, B., Shroff, N.M., Janata, P., Van Horn, J. D., Inati, S., Grafton, S.T., & Gazzaniga, M.S. (2004).  Visual imagery and memory: Do retrieval strategies affect what the mind's eye sees?  European Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 16(5): 631–652.
• Moran, J. M., Wig, G. S., Adams, R. B., Janata, P., & Kelley, W. M. (2004). Neural correlates of humor detection and appreciation. Neuroimage, 21, 1055–1060.
• Janata, P. & Grafton, S.T. (2003). Swinging in the brain: shared neural substrates for behaviors related to sequencing and music. Nature Neuroscience. 6:682-687. Supporting information. Key for complexity matrix in Figure 1.
• Tillmann, B., Janata, P., Birk, J., & Bharucha, J.J. (2003). The costs and benefits of tonal centers for chord processing. JEP: Human Perception and Performance.29:470-482.
• Janata, P., Birk, J.L., Tillmann, B., & Bharucha, J.J. (2003). Online detection of tonal pop-out in modulating contexts. Music Perception. 20:283-305.
• Tillmann, B., Janata, P., & Bharucha, J. J. (2003). Activation of the inferior frontal cortex in musical priming. Cognitive Brain Research. 16:145-161.
• Janata, P., Birk, J.L., Van Horn, J.D., Leman, M., Tillmann, B., & Bharucha, J.J. (2002). The cortical topography of tonal structures underlying Western music. Science. 298:2167-2170. Abstract. Full text. Supporting information.
  See also the accompanying Perspectives article. Hear the modulating melody and see an animation of the torus here.
  
• Janata, P., Tillmann, B., & Bharucha, J.J. (2002). Listening to polyphonic music recruits domain-general attention and working memory circuits. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience. 2(2): 121-140.
• Adams, R.B., Janata, P. (2002). A comparison of neural circuits underlying auditory and visual object categorization. NeuroImage. 16, 361-377.
  If you cannot obtain the paper from NeuroImage and you would like hardcopy of the paper, please contact Petr Janata directly.
• Janata, P. (2001b). Quantitative assessment of vocal development in the zebra finch using self-organizing neural networks. JASA. 110(5): 2593-2603.
• Kikas, T., Janata, P., Ishida, H., and Janata, J. (2001). Chemical plume tracking. 2. Multiple-frequency modulation. Analytical Chemistry 73(15), 3669 -3673.
• Janata, P. (2001a) Brain electrical activity evoked by mental formation of auditory expectations and images, Brain Topography, 13(3): 169-193.
• Janata, P. & Margoliash, D. (1999) Gradual emergence of song-selectivity in sensorimotor structures of the male zebra finch song-system. J. Neurosci. 19(12): 5108-5118.
• Janata, P. (1995) ERP measures assay the degree of expectancy violation of harmonic contexts in music. J. Cog. Neurosci. 7(2): 153-164.
• Janata, P. & Petsche, H. (1993) Spectral analysis of the EEG as a tool for evaluating expectancy violations of musical contexts. Music Perception 10: 281-304.
• Potje-Kamloth, K.; Janata, P.; Janata, J.; Josowicz, M. (1989). Electrochemical encapsulation for sensors. Sensors and Actuators. 18:613-623.
• Janata, P. & Reisberg, D. (1988) Response-time measures as a means of exploring tonal hierarchies. Music Perception. 6(2): 163-174.

Book chapters & conference proceedings

• Janata, P. (2015). Neural basis of music perception. In G. Celesia & G. Hickok (Eds.), Human Auditory System (Vol. 129): Elsevier.
• Janata, P. (2014) The cognitive neuroscience of music. In: Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Neuroscience. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Janata, P., & Parsons, L. (2013). Neural mechanisms of music, singing and dancing. In M. A. Arbib (Ed.), Language, Music, and the Brain: A Mysterious Relationship (Vol. 10). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Janata, P. (2009). Music and the Self. In R. Haas & V. Brandes (Eds.), Music That Works (pp. 131–141). Wien: Springer.
• Janata, P. (2007). Navigating tonal space. In E. Selfridge-Field (Ed.), Tonal Theory for the Digital Age (Computing in Musicology: Vol. 15, pp. 39–50).
• Janata, P. (2005). Brain networks that track musical structure. In The Neurosciences and Music II: From Perception to Performance (Vol. 1060): New York Academy of Sciences.
• Janata, P. & Childs, E. (2004). MarketBuzz: sonification of real-time financial data. Proceedings of ICAD 04-Tenth Meeting of the International Conference on Auditory Display.
• Tillmann, B., Janata, P., & Bharucha, J. J. (2003). Activation of the inferior frontal cortex in musical priming. In Neurosciences and Music (Vol. 999, pp. 209-211).
• Janata, P. (2001c). Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying auditory image formation in music. In R. I. Godøy & H. Jørgensen (Eds.), Elements of Musical Imagery . Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers.
• Potje-Kamloth, K.; Janata, P.; Josowicz, M. (1989)  Carbon fiber microelectrodes.  Proceedings of ElectroFinnAnalysis Conference.  Plenum Press.

Book reviews and commentaries

• Janata, P. (2009). An entrancing tale of cross-disciplinary bridge building and burning in ethnopsychophysiomusicology. Empirical Musicology Review, 4(2), 78–81.
• Keller, P. E., & Janata, P. (2009). Marc Leman, Embodied Music Cognition and Mediation Technology. Music Perception, 26(3), 289–292.
• Janata, P. (2007). When music stops making sense: Lessons from an injured brain [Electronic Version]. Cerebrum: The Dana Forum on Brain Science.
• Janata, P. (2007). The highs and lows of being tone deaf. Nature Neuroscience 10(7): 810–812.
• Janata, P. (2006). Commentary on "The Processing of Pitch and Scale: An ERP Study of Musicians Trained Outside of the Western Musical System" by Bischoff Renninger, Wilson, and Donchin. Empirical Musicology Review, 1(4), 198–200.
• Janata, P. (2006). Hitting the right note. Review of "Sweet anticipation: Music and the psychology of expectation." Nature, 443(7107), 29-30.
• Janata, P. (2004). When music tells a story. Nature Neuroscience 7(3), 203-204.
• Janata, P. (2003). Jazzing up neuroscience.  Review of The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music, eds. I. Peretz & R. Zatorre. Nature. 426:386.