International Open Access Book Series
The Musical Mind Series
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About the Series
The The Musical Mind Series is an international open-access scholarly series published by Adaya Press that explores the complex relationships between music, cognition, emotion, learning, creativity, and human development.
Emerging from the profound transformations currently reshaping artistic and educational practices, the series provides a global platform for interdisciplinary research on the musical mind and its multiple dimensions. It brings together perspectives from music education, music psychology, neuroscience, technology, pedagogy, and the social sciences to examine how musical experiences are understood, developed, and transformed across different contexts.
The series welcomes empirical studies, theoretical frameworks, and innovative proposals that contribute to a deeper and more holistic understanding of music as a cognitive, emotional, cultural, and educational phenomenon in the 21st century.
Aims & Scope
The series aims to advance knowledge about the musical mind by promoting critical and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary challenges in music research, education, and practice.
It particularly focuses on the intersections between neuroscience and music learning, emotional and psychological dimensions of musical activity, technological innovation in music education, inclusive pedagogical approaches, and the role of music in individual and collective development.
The series encourages contributions addressing emerging frontiers such as artificial intelligence, digital learning environments, immersive technologies, neurodiversity, lifelong musical development, social transformation through music, and the integration of music with broader scientific and educational fields.
Topics Covered
- Music education theories and pedagogical innovation
- Neuroscience and cognitive foundations of musical learning
- Music psychology and emotional processes
- Creativity, improvisation, and musical expression
- Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies in music education
- Digital transformation of musical learning environments
- Virtual, immersive, and extended reality in music teaching
- Inclusive music education and neurodiversity
- Musician well-being, performance anxiety, and psychological interventions
- Music, society, identity, and cultural diversity
- Community music and social transformation
- Music learning across the lifespan
- Interdisciplinary connections between music, science, technology, and education
Published Volumes