Patrik Juslin
Professor at Department of Psychology; Emotion Psychology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 72 74
- E-mail:
- Patrik.Juslin@psyk.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Von Kraemers allé 1A och 1C
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 1225
751 42 UPPSALA
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Patrik N. Juslin is head of the Music Psychology Group, responsible for the department’s research, teaching and open seminars in music psychology. His research focuses on areas such as musical emotions, aesthetics, emotional speech, music education, music and health, and emotion perception in schizophrenia and dementia. In 2020 the Royal Academy of Music awarded him a prize “for his world-leading research in music psychology", which includes his recent book, Musical Emotions Explained (2019).

Publications
Recent publications
Part of The Oxford Handbook of Expressivity, Oxford University Press, 2025
Part of Music perception, p. 421-466, 2025
Part of Psychology of Music, p. 3-5, 2025
Musical performance evaluation: Ten insights from psychological studies of aesthetic judgment
Part of Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, p. 196-208, 2023
Aesthetic judgments of music: Reliability, consistency, criteria, self insight, and expertise
Part of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, p. 193-210, 2023
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Music perception, p. 421-466, 2025
Part of Psychology of Music, p. 3-5, 2025
Musical performance evaluation: Ten insights from psychological studies of aesthetic judgment
Part of Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, p. 196-208, 2023
Aesthetic judgments of music: Reliability, consistency, criteria, self insight, and expertise
Part of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, p. 193-210, 2023
Musik och känslor: Teoriers betydelse för effektiv tillämpning
Part of Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, p. 663-673, 2022
Part of Music perception, p. 55-86, 2022
Spontaneous vocal expressions from everyday life convey discrete emotions to listeners
Part of Emotion, p. 1281-1301, 2021
Mind the gap: The mediating role of emotion mechanisms in social bonding through musical activities
Part of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2021
Part of Music & Science, p. 1-21, 2021
- DOI for Emotional Reactions to Music in Dementia Patients and Healthy Controls: Differential Responding Depends on the Mechanism
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, p. 105-112, 2018
Emotional reactions to music in depressed individuals
Part of Psychology of Music, p. 862-880, 2018
Part of Music & Science, p. 1-12, 2018
The Mirror to Our Soul?: Comparisons of Spontaneous and Posed Vocal Expression of Emotion
Part of Journal of nonverbal behavior, p. 1-40, 2018
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Röstens fejkade och äkta känslouttryck
Part of Psykologtidningen, p. 30-33, 2017
Part of Psychomusicology, p. 293-326, 2016
Part of Music & Medicine, p. 187-198, 2016
No accounting for taste? Idiographic models of aesthetic judgment in music
Part of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, p. 157-170, 2016
Resilience: Mediated not by one, but many appraisal mechanisms
Part of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2015
From sound to significance: Exploring the mechanisms underlying emotional reactions to music
Part of American Journal of Psychology, p. 281-304, 2015
Part of Psykologtidningen, p. 26-29, 2015
What makes music emotionally significant?: Exploring the underlying mechanisms
Part of Psychology of Music, p. 599-623, 2014
Part of Research Studies in Music Education, p. 179-198, 2014
Music and emotion: There is more to music than meets the ear.
Part of Emotion Researcher, 2014
What does music express?: Basic emotions and beyond
Part of Frontiers in Psychology, p. 596, 2013
Part of Psychology of Music, p. 579-599, 2013
Part of Schizophrenia Bulletin, p. 86-93, 2013
Part of Physics of Life Reviews, p. 281-286, 2013
From everyday emotions to aesthetic emotions: Toward a unified theory of musical emotions.
Part of Physics of Life Reviews, p. 235-266, 2013
Part of American Journal of Psychiatry, p. 424-432, 2012
Are musical emotions invariant across cultures?
Part of Emotion Review, p. 283-284, 2012
Musik leder till bättre folkhälsa
Part of Tvärsnitt, 2012
Part of Musicae scientiae, p. 174-207, 2011
Musical expression of emotions: Modeling listeners´ judgements of composed and performed features
Part of Music analysis, p. 334-364, 2010
Part of Schizophrenia Bulletin, p. 545-556, 2010
Part of Music Education Research, p. 175-191, 2009
Emotional responses to music: Experience, expression, and physiology
Part of Psychology of Music, p. 61-90, 2009
Musical expression: an observational study of instrumental teaching
Part of Psychology of Music, p. 309-334, 2008
All emotions are not created equal: reaching beyond the traditional disputes
Part of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, p. 600-621, 2008
Emotional responses to music: the need to consider underlying mechanisms
Part of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, p. 559-575, 2008
An experience sampling study of emotional reactions to music: listener, music, and situation
Part of Emotion, p. 668-683, 2008
Musical expression: An observational study of instrumental teaching.
Part of Psychology of Music, p. 309-334, 2008
Musik och känslor: Dina musikupplevelser berättar vem du är
Part of Biz & Art, p. 40-44, 2008
Similar patterns of age-related differences in emotion recognition from speech and music
Part of Motivation and Emotion, p. 182-191, 2007
Part of Acta Acoustica united with Acustica, p. 411-420, 2007
Part of Schizophrenia Bulletin, p. 540, 2007
Play It Again With Feeling: Computer Feedback in Musical Communication of Emotions
Part of Journal of experimental psychology. Applied, p. 79-95, 2006
A dimensional approach to vocal expression of emotion
Part of Cognition & Emotion, p. 633-653, 2005
Part of JOURNAL OF NEW MUSIC RESEARCH, p. 216-237, 2004
Part of Research Studies in Music Education, p. 23-47, 2003
Communication of emotions in vocal expression and music performance: Different channels, same code?
Part of Psychological Bulletin, p. 770-814, 2003
Five facets of musical expression: A psychologist's perspective on music performance
Part of PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC, p. 273-302, 2003
Emotional expression in speech and music: Evidence of cross-modal similarities
Part of ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, p. 279-282, 2003
Toward a computational model of expression in music performance: The GERM model
Part of MUSICAE SCIENTIAE, p. 63-122, 2002
Current trends in the study of music and emotion: Overture
Part of MUSICAE SCIENTIAE, p. 3-21, 2002
A system for improving the communication of emotion in music performance by feedback learning
Part of JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, p. 2471, 2002
Part of Emotion, p. 381-412, 2001
Cue utilization in communication of emotion in music performance: Relating performance to perception
Part of Journal of Experimental Psychology, p. 1797-1813, 2000
Part of International Journal of Psychology, p. 288-289, 2000
Improving emotional communication in music performance through cognitive feedback
Part of MUSICAE SCIENTIAE, p. 151-183, 2000
The role of timing patterns in recognition of emotional expression from musical performance
Part of MUSIC PERCEPTION, p. 197-221, 1999
Part of MUSICAE SCIENTIAE, p. 225-256, 1997
Emotional communication in music performance: A functionalist perspective and some data.
Part of MUSIC PERCEPTION, p. 383-418, 1997
Part of PSYCHOMUSICOLOGY, p. 77-101, 1997
Part of PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC, p. 68-91, 1996
Part of UNG FORSKNING, p. 60-64, 1996
A functionalistic perspective on emotional communication in music
Part of EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR THE COGNITIVE SCIENCES OF MUSIC, p. 11-16, 1995
Är din dator intelligent? En snabborientering i artificiell intelligens
Part of UNG FORSKNING, p. 52-56, 1994
Articles, review/survey
Brunswik's methodological fears are music to our ears
Part of The Brunswik Society Newsletter, p. 14-15, 2004
Cognitive feedback and musical expressivity: Teaching the thing that cannot be taught
Part of The Brunswik Society Newsletter, p. 12-13, 2001
Books
Musical emotions explained: Unlocking the secrets of musical affect
Oxford University Press, 2019
Handbook of music and emotion: Theory, research, applications
Oxford University Press, 2010
Music and emotion: Theory and research
Oxford University Press, 2001
Chapters in book
Part of The Oxford Handbook of Expressivity, Oxford University Press, 2025
Neural correlates of music and emotion
Part of The Oxford handbook of music and the brain, p. 285-332, Oxford University Press, 2019
Emotional reactions to music: Mechanisms and modularity
Part of Music, speech, and mind, p. 17-51, Brazilian Association of Cognition and Musical Arts, 2019
Part of Oxford handbook of music psychology, p. 197-213, Oxford University Press, 2016
Part of Oxford handbook of music psychology, p. 597-613, Oxford University Press, 2016
Vocal expression of affect: Promises and problems.
Part of Evolution of emotional communication: From sounds in nonhuman mammals to speech and music in man, p. 252-273, Oxford University Press, 2013
Part of The psychology of music, p. 583-645, Elsevier, 2013
Music, subjective well-being, and health: The role of everyday emotions
Part of Music, health, and well-being, p. 405-423, Oxford University Press, 2012
Music, subjective well-being, and health: The role of everyday emotions.
Part of Music, health, and well-being, p. 405-423, Oxford University Press, 2012
Part of The psychology of music, p. 583-645, Elsevier, 2012
Music and emotion: Seven questions, seven answers
Part of Music and the mind, p. 113-135, Oxford University Press, 2011
How does music evoke emotions? Exploring the underlying mechanisms
Part of Handbook of music and emotion: Theory, research, applications., p. 605-642, Oxford University Press, 2010
The past, present and future of music and emotion reserch
Part of Handbook of music and emotion, p. 933-955, Oxford University Press, 2010
Introduction: Aims, organization and terminology
Part of Handbook of music and emotion, p. 3-12, Oxford University Press, 2010
Expression and communication of emotion in music performance
Part of Handbook of music and emotion, p. 453-489, Oxford University Press, 2010
At the interface between the inner and outer world: Psychological perspectives
Part of Handbook of music and emotion, p. 73-97, Oxford University Press, 2010
Part of The Oxford companion to emotion and the affective sciences, p. 269-271, Oxford University Press, 2009
Sound of music: Seven ways in which the brain can evoke emotions from sound.
Part of Sound, mind and emotion, p. 11-41, Sound Environment Centre, 2009
Part of The Oxford companion to emotion and the affective sciences, p. 80-81, Oxford University Press, 2009
Part of Oxford handbook of music psychology, p. 377-389, New York: Oxford University Press, 2009
Part of Oxford handbook of music psychology, p. 131-140, New York: Oxford University Press, 2009
Part of Scholarpedia, p. 4240, Scholarpedia, 2008
L'interpretazione musicale e le emozioni
Part of Orientamenti per la didattica strumentale, p. 132-155, Libreria Musicale Italiana, 2007
Part of The new handbook of methods in nonverbal behavior research, p. 65-135, Oxford University Press, 2005
Affektive Prozesse: Emotionale und ästhetische Aspekte musikalischen Verhaltens
Part of Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, p. 767-841, Hogrefe, Göttingen, 2005
From mimesis to catharsis: Expression, perception, and induction of emotion in music
Part of Musical communication, p. 85-115, Oxford University Press, New York, 2005
Technical issues in recording nonverbal behavior
Part of The new handbook of methods in nonverbal behavior research, p. 449-470, Oxford University Press, New York, 2005
Feedback learning of musical expressivity
Part of Musical excellence, p. 247-270, Oxford University Press, 2004
Part of Handbook of affective sciences, p. 503-534, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
Part of The science and psychology of music performance, p. 219-236, Oxford University Press, 2002
Part of Music and emotion, p. 449-458, Oxford University Press, 2001
Music and emotion: Introduction
Part of Music and emotion, p. 3-20, Oxford Unicersity Press, 2001
Psychological perspectives on music and emotion
Part of Music and emotion: theory and research, p. 71-104, 2001
Communicating emotion in music performance: A review and a theoretical framework
Part of Music and emotion: Theory and research, p. 309-337, 2001
A Brunswikian approach to emotional communication in music performance
Part of The essential Brunswik: Beginnings, explications, applications, p. 426-430, 2001
Conference papers
Manipulation of mechanisms underlying emotional reactions in music
Part of Proceedings of the Ninth Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, 17-22 August 2015, Manchester, UK, p. 490-491, 2015
Idiographic modelling of aesthetic judgments of music
Part of Proceedings of the Ninth Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music ESCOM, Manchester, 17-22 August, Manchester, UK., p. 492-493, 2015
Accounts of Emotional Reactions to Music: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
2015
Music, emotion, and health: The role of underlying mechanisms
2012
Hearing with our hearts: Psychological perspectives on music and emotion
2012
Vocal expression and musical expression: Parallels and contrasts
Part of ISRE 2000, p. 281-284, 2004
Computer feedback in musical communication of emotions: The Feel-ME program
Part of Art and science, p. 550-554, 2004
Part of ISRE 2000, p. 278-281, 2004
Studies of music performance: A theoretical analysis of empirical findings
Part of Proceedings of the Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference, p. 513-516, 2003
Automatic real-time extraction of musical expression
Part of Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference 2002, p. 365-367, 2002
How to improve emotional communication in music performance
Part of Music, mind and science: Proceedings of 5th ICMPC, p. 387-392, 1998
Do listeners use timing patterns to decode the emotional expression of music performances?
Part of Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, p. 293-298, 1998
How can music performers become better at communicating emotions to listeners?
Part of Proceedings of the Third Triennial ESCOM Conference, p. 493-498, 1997
On the functional validity of expressive cues in music performance
Part of Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, p. 225-230, 1996
Emotional communication in music viewed through a Brunswikian lens
Part of Music and expression: Proceedings of the Conference of DGM and ESCOM 1995, p. 21-25, 1995
Expressive intention governs music performance
Part of Proceedings of the Third International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, p. 19-20, 1994