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Glial Cells: Two Roles in Music Perception
Developing a hypothesis that Glial Cells are involved in the perception of musicality, and also in the response to it.
Mar 13
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Philip Dorrell
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Music: Emotional Response vs Pragmatic Response
Hypothesis: Music enables and encourages an emotional response to a situation while simultaneously suppressing any pragmatic response.
Dec 23, 2025
Music: Emotion, without Agency
Hypothesis: Music motivates the listener to experience emotion, but without the listener thinking about how to respond to the situation causing the…
Dec 4, 2025
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Philip Dorrell
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Song Lyrics: the Dual Audience Hypothesis
Our brains process song lyrics in two different modes - "Prose Mode" and "Line-by-Line Mode". In effect every song has two different audiences.
Nov 14, 2025
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Philip Dorrell
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Music: The Perceptual Unification Hypothesis
The hypothesis that Music is constructed in a manner that induces or encourages the brain of the listener to unify perceptions of different things – as…
Nov 3, 2025
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Philip Dorrell
Music alters Perceptual Identity Judgement
Music creates an altered state of mind that increases the brain's willingness to assume or believe that different perceptions are perceptions of the…
Oct 27, 2025
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Philip Dorrell
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Music bears more repetition than other forms of perceptual entertainment
Perceptual Entertainment
Oct 18, 2025
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Philip Dorrell
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Is Music a Recreational Drug?
The Mystery and Apparent Pointlessness of Music
Oct 16, 2025
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