Call for papers for special issue on Musical Imagery
The journal Psychomusicology: Music, Mind and Brain (PMMB) encourages submissions on the theme of 鈥淢usical Imagery鈥� for a special issue planned for publication in June 2015. This call for papers is stimulated by the growinginterest in both voluntary and involuntary experiences of imagining music. The guest editor is Freya Bailes.
Psychomusicology: Music, Mind and Brain is a journal of research in music cognition and reports important new scientific work in the area of music and cognitive science, neuroscience, and cognitive musicology. The journal was established in 1981. The current editor is Annabel J. Cohen, and Associate Editors are W. J. Dowling, Lauren Stewart, and Renee Timmers. As of July 2011, the American Psychological Association is the publisher of the journal, and every published article is included in PsycINFO(r) and PsycARTICLES(r), the world鈥檚 most comprehensive and widely used psychological databases. Published articles will be available to a global audience of over 3,000 institutions and 40 million potential users.
Submissions will be considered for publication related to all aspects of musical imagery, conceived as mentally experiencing music by imagining its properties. For example, topics may include mental rehearsal, earworms, or musical imagery as it relates tocomposition, aural training, modes of mental representation, performance, sensorimotor theories, or memory for music. Papers commenting on involuntary occurrences of musical imagery and their relationship to voluntary occurrences, or interrogating their cognitive control, would be welcome, as would cognitivemodels of any aspect of musical imagery. Submissions might include empirical or review articles addressing the methodological challenges associated with studying inner experience.
Preference is given to articles with a clear empirical component 鈥� whether including hypotheses testing, model building, or a review of empirical work. Theoretical and speculative articles are welcome provided they contribute to the forming of empirically testable hypotheses, models or theories, or they provide critiques of methodology. The journal will also consider short reports (approximately 2000 words) in addition to articles.
Submission procedure for the special issue:
Expression of intent before February 26, 2014
Please e-mail Freya Bailes (F.Bailes@hull.ac.uk) and include:
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路 聽聽聽聽聽Extended preliminary abstract of proposed main research paper:
o 聽聽Word document (up to one page in length)
o 聽聽Margins: 3 cm on all sides
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路 聽聽聽聽聽Name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s)
Submission of full paper before June 2, 2014
Please submit your full paper through the journal鈥檚 website and in accordance with the instructions to authors found on the portal:
The standard review procedure will be followed in considering acceptability of the submissions for publication. Please identify that your manuscript is for the special issue in your cover letter.
Contact Information of Guest Editor:
Dr. Freya Bailes
School of Drama, Screen and Music
University of Hull
Hull
HU6 7RX
UK
F.Bailes@hull.ac.uk
01482 466398