Psychology and Music – Interdisciplinary Encounters Zagreb 2024

October 23-26 2024, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Conference email: psymu2024@muza.unizg.hr

The third PAM-IE conference in 2024 will be held at the University of Zagreb from 23 to 26 October 2024.

By organising the third international PAM-IE 2024 conference, we aim to bring together the diverse research endeavours of individuals and institutions in the interdisciplinary field of psychology and music and to continue providing a setting in which they can make their work visible to each other as well as to a broader interested audience.

The conference is planned to be held on-site, with the possibility to combine live and virtual participation.

Heads of the Programme & Organising Committees:

Sanja Kiš Žuvela, University of Zagreb Academy of Music, Department of Musicology, skiszuvela@muza.unizg.hr

Ana Butković, University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, abutkovic@ffzg.unizg.hr

CONFERENCE RESEARCH TOPICS:
Psychological aspects of:

Processing music:
- Music perception and cognition
- Memory for music
- Music and the body
- Music and language; music and meaning
- Neurological aspects of processing music

Musical potential and development:
- Development of musical skills
- Musical skills and external criteria
- Musical ability and giftedness
- Music and creativity

Music performance:
- Motivation and self-motivation
- Mental training for musicians
- Preparation for performance
- Performance anxiety
- Musical communication

Music and individual differences:
- Music and personality traits
- Music and heritability
- Music and gender
- Music and learning styles
- Music and identity

Music and well-being:
- Music and health
- Music and special needs
- Music therapy
- Musicians' health

Music and affect:
- Music and emotion
- Musical preferences
- Expression and perception of affect in music
- Music and aesthetics

Music in social contexts:
- Music in educational settings
- Music in everyday life
- Cross-cultural studies of music
- Collaborative musicianship
- Community musicianship

State of the art:
- Interdisciplinarity of the Psychology of Music
- Psychology of Music and related fields
- Development of the Psychology of Music: history, present and future
- Psychology of Music in the academic environment
- Professional associations, conferences, and publications

Conference website: http://www.muza.unizg.hr/psymu2024/