Michael W Weiss
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Recent Articles
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Weiss M, Trehub S
Psychol Music
. 2022 Dec;
51(1):172-187.
PMID: 36532618
We examined pitch-error detection in well-known songs sung with or without meaningful lyrics. In Experiment 1, adults heard the initial phrase of familiar songs sung with lyrics or repeating syllables...
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Peretz I, Ross J, Bourassa C, Lemieux Perreault L, Dion P, Weiss M, et al.
Ann N Y Acad Sci
. 2022 Aug;
1517(1):279-285.
PMID: 35980667
Congenital amusia is a lifelong disorder that compromises the normal development of musical abilities in 1.5-4% of the general population. There is a substantial genetic contribution to congenital amusia, and...
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Weiss M, Peretz I
Sci Rep
. 2022 Jul;
12(1):12595.
PMID: 35869086
Humans spontaneously invent songs from an early age. Here, we exploit this natural inclination to probe implicit musical knowledge in 33 untrained and poor singers (amusia). Each sang 28 long...
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Weiss M, Sharda M, Lense M, Hyde K, Trehub S
Autism Res
. 2021 Jan;
14(6):1127-1133.
PMID: 33398938
Adults and children with typical development (TD) remember vocal melodies (without lyrics) better than instrumental melodies, which is attributed to the biological and social significance of human vocalizations. Here we...
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Marion-St-Onge C, Weiss M, Sharda M, Peretz I
Front Psychol
. 2020 Dec;
11:566373.
PMID: 33362630
Musical prodigies reach exceptionally high levels of achievement before adolescence. Despite longstanding interest and fascination in musical prodigies, little is known about their psychological profile. Here we assess to what...
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Weiss M, Bissonnette A, Peretz I
Cognition
. 2020 Nov;
213:104514.
PMID: 33243423
Vocal melodies sung without lyrics (la la) are remembered better than instrumental melodies. What causes the advantage? One possibility is that vocal music elicits subvocal imitation, which could promote enhanced...
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Weiss M, Cirelli L, McDermott J, Trehub S
J Exp Psychol Gen
. 2019 Sep;
149(4):634-649.
PMID: 31512903
Many scholars consider preferences for consonance, as defined by Western music theorists, to be based primarily on biological factors, while others emphasize experiential factors, notably the nature of musical exposure....
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Weiss M, Peretz I
Brain Cogn
. 2018 Dec;
129:35-39.
PMID: 30522778
Listeners remember vocal melodies better than instrumental melodies, but the origins of the effect are unclear. One explanation for the 'voice advantage' is that general perceptual mechanisms enhance processing of...
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Schellenberg E, Poon J, Weiss M
PLoS One
. 2017 Oct;
12(10):e0187115.
PMID: 29077726
After only two exposures to previously unfamiliar melodies, adults remember the tunes for over a week and the key for over a day. Here, we examined the development of long-term...