Publications

Articles in Preparation

Ilie, G. & Thompson, W.F. (In preparation). Effects of pitch height, rate and intensity on valence, energy, and tension arousal and their subsequent effects on creativity and routine tasks. A music and speech investigation.

Ilie, G. & Schimmack, U. (In preparation). Are emotional reactions to music best characterized as basic emotions or as points within a three-dimensional space?

Refereed Journal Articles (Ilie formerly Husain)

Ilie, G. & Thompson, W.F. (2006). A comparison of the effects of music and speech prosody on three dimensions of affective experience. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition (IMPC). 2006 The Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) and European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM).

Ilie, G. & Thompson, W.F. (2006). A comparison of acoustic cues in music and speech for three dimensions of affect. Music Perception, 23(4), 319-329.

Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. (2004). Decoding speech prosody: Do music lessons help? Emotion, 4, 46-64. Download PDF version.

Thompson, W.F., Scgellengerd, E.G., & Husain, G. (2003). Perceiving prosody in speech. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 999, 530-532. Download PDF version.

Husain, G., Thompson, W.F., & Schellenberg, G.E. (2002). Effects of Musical tempo and Mode on Arousal, Mood and Spatial Abilities - Re-Examination of the Mozart Effect, Music perception, 20(2), 151-172. Download PDF version.

Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. (2001). Arousal, mood, and the Mozart Effect. Psychological Science, 12(3), 248-251. Download PDF version.

Conference Presentations (Ilie formerly Husain):

Ilie, G. Music and Speech: how do they change our affective state and subsequently affect the way we think. Bologna, Italy, IMPC Conference, Summer 2006.

Ilie, G. & Thompson, W.F. A comparison of acoustic cues in music and speech for the three dimensions of affect. Poster Presentation, San Diego, Neuroscience Institute, August 6, 2005.

Ilie, G. The effects of Music, Speech and Emotion and their Cognitive Ramifications, Invited research talk at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, April 15th, 2005.

Husain, G. The Mozart Effect: 10 years later. Symposium talk: Cognitive ramifications of music listening and music lessons at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario. Canada, August 7th-9th, 2004.

CNN, American Morning “House call: Mozart Effect”, Aired August 20, 2004.

Toronto Star, “Mozart effect hits sour note”, by Kristin Rushowy, August 21, 2004.

USA Today, “Mozart effect research hits sour note”, Marylin Elias, August 22, 2004.

Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. decoding speech prosody: Do music lessons help. Postere Presentation at the Neurosciences and Music, Venice, Italy, October 25-27, 2002.

Husain, G., Thompson, W.F., & Schellenberg, E.G. Arousal, Mood and the Mozart Effect: Effects of Tempo & Mode Presented at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, August 9-11, 2001.

Thompson, W.F., & Husain, G. Musical and Non-Musical Phenomenon: Common Cognitive Principles versus Shared Resources. Presented at the Music Cognition, 2001. A workshop Symposium in Music Cognition, Ohio State University, May 18, 2001, Columbus Ohio, US.

Thompson, W.F., Husain, G., & Schellenber, E.G. The Mozart Effect: An Artifact of Mood and Preference. Presented at the Toronto 2000 Musical Intersections Conference - Emotion and Mood, November 3, 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Husain, G. The Mood Factor in the Mozart Effect, Presented at the 30th Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Conference, Guelph, Canada, 2000.