Psychological Perspectives on Musical Experiences and Skills
June 20, 2024
Andrea Schiavio, Dylan Van der Schyff
1 citation
This chapter delves into a recently developed psychological framework known as '4E cognition' (embodied, embedded, extended, enactive) with a dedicated focus on music. Through an exploration of various musical examples, we illuminate each 'E' individually, spanning diverse musical domains such as perception, (remote) learning, performance, and development. To begin, we elucidate the...
Behavioral Sciences
August 9, 2018
Andrea Schiavio, Dylan Van der Schyff
79 citations
Recent approaches in the cognitive and psychological sciences conceive of mind as an Embodied, Embedded, Extended, and Enactive (or 4E) phenomenon. While this has stimulated important discussions and debates across a vast array of disciplines, its principles, applications, and explanatory power have not yet been properly addressed in the domain of musical development. Accordingly, it remains...
Frontiers in Psychology
2017
Andrea Schiavio, Dylan Van der Schyff, Silke Kruse-Weber et al.
44 citations
In this paper we explore early musical behaviors through the lenses of the recently emerged "4E" approach to mind, which sees cognitive processes as Embodied, Embedded, Enacted, and Extended. In doing so, we draw from a range of interdisciplinary research, engaging in critical and constructive discussions with both new findings and existing positions. In particular, we refer to observational...
Frontiers in Psychology
2015
Dylan Van der Schyff
36 citations
The enactive approach to cognition is developed in the context of music and music education. I discuss how this embodied point of view affords a relational and bio-cultural perspective on music that decentres the Western focus on language, symbol and representation as the fundamental arbiters of meaning. I then explore how this 'life-based' approach to cognition and meaning-making offers a...