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#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	Music Structure and Emotional Response: Some Empirical Findings	Psychology of Music	1991	566
2	A comparison of the discrete and dimensional models of emotion in music	Psychology of Music	2011	472
3	The role of music in adolescents' mood regulation	Psychology of Music	2007	459
4	Emotional Expression in Music Performance: Between the Performer's Intention and the Listener's Experience	Psychology of Music	1996	348
5	Intense emotional responses to music: a test of the physiological arousal hypothesis	Psychology of Music	2004	333
6	Visual Perception of Performance Manner in the Movements of Solo Musicians	Psychology of Music	1993	306
7	The Functions of Music in Everyday Life: Redefining the Social in Music Psychology	Psychology of Music	1999	245
8	The meaning of music in the lives of older people: a qualitative study	Psychology of Music	2005	218
9	Group creativity: musical performance and collaboration	Psychology of Music	2006	217
10	Self-efficacy and music performance	Psychology of Music	2006	202
11	The impact of background music on adult listeners: A meta-analysis	Psychology of Music	2011	194
12	Maternal Singing Modulates Infant Arousal	Psychology of Music	2003	190
13	Long-term musical group interaction has a positive influence on empathy in children	Psychology of Music	2013	190
14	The Role of Self-Efficacy in a Musical Performance Examination: An Exploratory Structural Equation Analysis	Psychology of Music	2003	184
15	Exposure to music and cognitive performance: tests of children and adults	Psychology of Music	2007	179
16	Biographical Precursors of Musical Excellence: An Interview Study	Psychology of Music	1991	172
17	When passion leads to excellence: the case of musicians	Psychology of Music	2011	155
18	Creativity and flow in musical composition: an empirical investigation	Psychology of Music	2006	152
19	‘To be heard’: The social and mental health benefits of choir singing for disadvantaged adults	Psychology of Music	2013	152
20	Universals in the world’s musics	Psychology of Music	2013	151
21	Effects of group singing and performance for marginalized and middle-class singers	Psychology of Music	2005	150
22	The effect of music listening on work performance	Psychology of Music	2005	149
23	From child to musician: skill development during the beginning stages of learning an instrument	Psychology of Music	2005	148
24	Psychological well-being in professional orchestral musicians in Australia: A descriptive population study	Psychology of Music	2014	145
25	Strategies and self-efficacy beliefs in instrumental and vocal individual practice: a study of students in higher music education	Psychology of Music	2004	136
26	Effects of Tempo and Situational Arousal on the Listener's Perceptual and Affective Responses to Music	Psychology of Music	1990	133
27	Social and Musical Co-Ordination between Members of a String Quartet: An Exploratory Study	Psychology of Music	2002	133
28	A Biographical Study of the Life-Span Development of Professional Musicians	Psychology of Music	1990	132
29	Songs and emotions: are lyrics and melodies equal partners?	Psychology of Music	2006	132
30	Musical Expression of Moodstates	Psychology of Music	1991	123
31	Music Preference and the Five-Factor Model of the NEO Personality Inventory	Psychology of Music	1997	123
32	English and American Adolescents' Reasons for Listening to Music	Psychology of Music	2000	123
33	Differences in Mental Abilities between Musicians and Non-Musicians	Psychology of Music	2003	123
34	What makes music emotionally significant? Exploring the underlying mechanisms	Psychology of Music	2014	121
35	Experimental evidence of the roles of music choice, social context, and listener personality in emotional reactions to music	Psychology of Music	2013	120
36	The content and validity of music-genre stereotypes among college students	Psychology of Music	2007	118
37	Fast and loud background music disrupts reading comprehension	Psychology of Music	2012	115
38	Lullabies and Simplicity: A Cross-Cultural Perspective	Psychology of Music	1992	112
39	Research Note: Personality and Music Preference: Extraversion and Excitement Seeking or Openness to Experience?	Psychology of Music	1993	112
40	Lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime	Psychology of Music	2007	111
41	Performance-related musculoskeletal pain, depression and music performance anxiety in professional orchestral musicians: A population study	Psychology of Music	2015	111
42	The Effect of Music on Perceived Atmosphere and Purchase Intentions in a Restaurant	Psychology of Music	2003	110
43	Does music training enhance working memory performance? Findings from a quasi-experimental longitudinal study	Psychology of Music	2014	109
44	Back to the inverted-U for music preference: A review of the literature	Psychology of Music	2017	107
45	Music for anxiety? Meta-analysis of anxiety reduction in non-clinical samples	Psychology of Music	2018	107
46	Dyslexia, Temporal Processing and Music: The Potential of Music as an Early Learning Aid for Dyslexic Children	Psychology of Music	2000	106
47	Emotional Responses to Music: Implicit and Explicit Effects in Listeners and Performers	Psychology of Music	1996	102
48	Enjoyment of Negative Emotions in Music: An Associative Network Explanation	Psychology of Music	1996	102
49	A Case Study of a Pianist Preparing a Musical Performance	Psychology of Music	1989	99
50	The Predictors of Achievement and Dropout in Instrumental Tuition	Psychology of Music	1998	99

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