Music in the brain: Baby steps towards inclusive practices in empirical data collection in the neurosciences of music

Περίληψη

Empirical studies in the neuroscience of music have been systematically conducted since early 1990. In most cases, experimental control has been emphasized, and the data collection has relied on laboratory-based methods. Yet, more recently, also more naturalistic, ecologically valid paradigms and contexts of data collection have been taken into use. In this review, this development will be discussed with emphasis on two essential parts of the studies: First, study participants, and, secondly, methods and contexts of data acquisition. The far-reaching aim of this review is to reach an inclusive approach in studies, which, for several reasons, has been lacking in prior literature.