Research

Throughout his career, Jamshed Bharucha has conducted research in the field of cognitive psychology and neuroscience focusing on the cognitive and neural bases of music perception. Grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and other private foundations have supported Bharucha's research.

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Jamshed Bharucha's Research: Published Works

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• Bharucha, J.J. (2009). From frequency to pitch, and from pitch class to musical key: Shared principles of learning and perception. Connection Science, 21, 177-192.



• Curtis, M.E. & Bharucha, J.J. (2009). Memory and musical expectation for tones in cultural context. Music Perception, 26, 365-375.



• Bharucha, J. (2009). Stretching your mind. In J. Brockman (Ed.), What Have You Changed Your Mind About? New York: Harper Collins.
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. & Curtis, M. (2008). Affective spectra, synchronization and motion. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 579.
  
  
• Tillmann, B., Janata, P., Birk, J. & Bharucha, J.J. (2008). Tonal centers and expectancy: Facilitation or inhibition of chords at the top of the harmonic hierarchy? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
  
  
• Bharucha, J. (2008). Cognitive dilemmas in higher education. In M.E. Devlin (Ed.), Futures Forum 2008. Cambridge, MA: Forum for the Future of Higher Education and NACUBO.
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (2008). Expectation as an implicit process (Tribute to Leonard B. Meyer). Music Perception, 25, 477-478.
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (2008). America can teach Asia a lot about science, technology, and math. Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (20), January 25, pp. A33-34.
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (2007). The globalization of higher education. In J. Brockman (Ed.), What Are You Optimistic About?, New York: Harper Collins.
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (2007). Mind over music. A space for music. Tufts Magazine, XIV(2), 15-18.
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (2006). Squeeze a bit more from this sponge. Times Higher Education Supplement, September 8, p. 4. London: TSL Education.
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., Curtis, M. & Paroo K. (2006). Varieties of musical experience. Cognition, 100, 131-172.
  
  
• Tillmann, B., Bharucha, J.J. & Bigand, E. (2003). Learning and perceiving musical structures: further insights from artificial neural networks. In R. Zatorre & I. Peretz (Eds.) The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music. Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Janata, P., Birk, J., Van Horn, J. D., Leman, M. Tillmann, B. & Bharucha, J. J. (2003) The cortical topography of tonal structures underlying Western music. Science, 298, 2167-2170.
  
  
• Janata, P., Birk, J.L., Tillmann, B., & Bharucha, J.J. (2003). Online detection of tonal pop-out in modulating contexts. Music Perception, 20, 283-306.
  
  
• Tillmann, B., Janata, P., Birk, J., & Bharucha, J.J. (2003). The costs and benefits of tonal centers for chord processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 29: 470-482.
  
  
• Tillmann, B., Janata, P., & Bharucha, J.J. (2003). Activation of the inferior frontal cortex in musical priming. Cognitive Brain Research, 16, 145-161.
  
  
• Justus, T.C. & Bharucha, J.J. (2002). Music perception and cognition. In H. Pashler & S. Yantis (Eds.), Stevens Handbook of Experimental Psychology (3rd Ed.). New York: Wiley
  
  
• Janata, P., Tillmann, B., & Bharucha, J. J. (2002). Listening to polyphonic music recruits domain-general attention and working memory circuits. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 2, (pp. 121-140)
  
  
• Tillmann, B. & Bharucha, J.J. (2002). Effect of harmonic relatedness on detection of temporal asynchronies. Perception & Psychophysics, vol. 64, (pp. 640-649)
  
  
• Tillmann, B., Bharucha, J.J., & Bigand, E. (2001). Implicit learning of regularities in Western tonal music by self-organization. In R.M. French & J.P. Sougne (Eds), Connectionist Models of Learning, Development and Evolution. Heidelberg: Springer
  
  
• Justus, T.C. & Bharucha, J.J. (2001). Modularity in musical processing: The automaticity of harmonic priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, vol. 27, (pp. 1000-1011)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., Psychological Review, Special Action Editor, 2001
  
  
• Tillmann, B, Bharucha, J.J. & Bigand, E. (2000). Implicit learning of tonality: A self-organizing approach. Psychological Review, vol. 107, (pp. 885-913)
  
  
• Tillmann, B. & Bharucha, J.J. (1999). Perceiving and Learning Harmonic Structure: Some News from MUSACT. International Journal of Computing Anticipatory Systems, vol. 4, (pp. 289-300)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1998). Neural nets, temporal composites and tonality. In D. Deutsch (Ed.), The Psychology of Music (2d Ed.). New York: Academic Press
  
  
• Tekman, H.G. & Bharucha, J.J. (1998). Implicit knowledge versus psychoacoustic similarity in priming of chords. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, vol. 24, (pp. 252-260)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1996). Melodic anchoring. Music Perception, vol. 13, (pp. 383-400)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. & Mencl, W.E. (1996). Two issues in auditory cognition: Self-organization of categories and pitch-invariant pattern recognition. Psychological Science, vol. 7, (pp. 142-149)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1995). Neural nets and musical cognition. In R. Steinberg (Ed.), Music and the Mind Machine (pp. 99-104). Berlin/New York: Springer
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1995). Editorial. Music Perception, vol. 3, (pp. 271-272)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1993). Tonality and expectation. In R. Aiello (Ed.), Musical Perceptions (pp. 213-239). Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress. (Translated into Japanese)
  
  
• Tekman, H.G. & Bharucha, J.J. (1992). Time course of chord priming. Perception & Psychophysics, vol. 51, (pp. 33-39)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1992). Tonality and learnability. In M.R. Jones & S. Holleran (Eds.), Cognitive bases of musical communication (pp. 213-223). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
  
  
• Tramo, M.J., & Bharucha, J.J. (1991). Musical priming by the right hemisphere post-callosotomy. Neuropsychologia, vol. 29, (pp. 313-325)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1991). Cognitive and brain mechanisms in perceptual learning. In J. Sundberg, L. Nord & R. Carlson (Eds.), Music, Language, Speech and Brain (pp. 349-358). London: Macmillan
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1991). Pitch, harmony and neural nets: A psychological approach. In P. Todd & G. Loy (Eds.), Music and Connectionism (pp.84-99). Cambridge: M.I.T. Press
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., & Todd, P. (1991). Modeling the perception of tonal structure with neural nets. Computer Music Journal, vol. 13, (pp. 44-53). Reprinted in P. Todd & G. Loy (Eds.),Music and Connectionism (pp. 128-137). Cambridge: M.I.T. Press
  
  
• Tramo, M.J., Bharucha, J.J., & Musiek, F.E. (1990). Music perception and cognition following bilateral lesions of auditory cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 2, (pp. 195-212)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., & Olney, K.L. (1989). Tonal cognition and artificial intelligence: Priming studies and connectionist modeling. Contemporary Music Review, vol. 4, (pp. 341-356). Reprinted in McAdams & Deliege (Eds.), Music and the Cognitive Sciences. New York: Harwood. Translated and published in French as La Musique et les Sciences Cognitives. Brussels: Pierre Mardaga Editions
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, Consulting Editor, 1989-1994
  
  
• Hubbard, T. L., & Bharucha, J.J. (1988). Judged displacement in apparent vertical and horizontal motion. Perception & Psychophysics, vol. 44, (pp. 211-221)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1987). Music cognition and perceptual facilitation: A connectionist framework. Music Perception, vol. 5, (pp. 1-30)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., & Stoeckig, K. (1987). Priming of chords: Spreading activation or overlapping frequency spectra? Perception & Psychophysics, vol. 41, (pp. 519-524)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1987). MUSACT: A connectionist model of musical harmony. In Proceedings of Ninth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp.508-517). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., Meike, B., & Baird, J.C. (1987). The Macintosh as a user-friendly laboratory for perception and cognition. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, vol. 19, (pp. 131-134)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., & Stoeckig, K. (1986). Reaction time and musical expectancy: Priming of chords. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, vol. 12, (pp. 403-410)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., & Pryor, J. (1986). Disrupting the isochrony underlying rhythm: An asymmetry in discrimination. Perception & Psychophysics, vol. 40, (pp. 137-141)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1986). Review of Cognitive processes in the perception of art by W.R. Crozier & A.J. Chapman. Music Perception, vol. 3, (pp. 315-322)
  
  
• Krumhansl, C., & Bharucha, J.J. (1986). 1) Absolute pitch. 2) Psychology of music. 3) Tests of musical capacity and ability. In D.M. Randel (Ed.), Harvard Dictionary of Music (Rev. ed.). Cambridge: Harvard University Press
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J.. Music Perception, Editor, 1994-1998, Associate Editor, 1992-94; Consulting Editor 1986-92
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., Olney, K.L., & Schnurr, P.P. (1985). Detection of coherence-disrupting and coherence-conferring alterations in text. Memory & Cognition, vol. 13, (pp. 573-578)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1985). Kognitive Musikpsychologie. In H. Bruhn, R. Oerter, & H. Rosing (Eds. And trans.), Musikpsychologie: Ein Handbuch in Schlusselbegriffen (pp. 123-132). Munich: Urban & Schwarzenberg
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1984). Anchoring effects in music: The resolution of dissonance. Cognitive Psychology, vol. 16, (pp. 485-518)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J. (1984). Event hierarchies, tonal hierarchies, and assimilation: A reply to Deutsch and Dowling. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, vol. 113, (pp. 421-425)
  
  
• Castellano, M.A., Bharucha, J.J., & Krumhansl, C.L. (1984). Tonal hierarchies in the music of North India. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, vol. 113, (pp. 394-412)
  
  
• Bharucha, J.J., & Krumhansl, C.L. (1983). The representation of harmonic structure in music: Hierarchies of stability as a function of context. Cognition, vol. 13, (pp. 63-102)
  
  
• Krumhansl, C.L., Bharucha, J.J., & Castellano, M.A. (1982). Key distance effects on perceived harmonic structure in music. Perception & Psychophysics, vol. 32, (pp. 96-108)
  
  
• Krumhansl, C.L., Bharucha, J.J., & Kessler, E.J. (1982). Perceived harmonic structure of chords in three related musical keys. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, vol. 8, (pp. 24-36)
  
  
• Rahman, Y.E., Hanson, W.R., Bharucha, J.J., Ainsworth, E.J., & Jaroslow, B.N. (1978). Mechanisms of reduction of antitumor drug toxicity by liposome encapsulation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 308, (pp. 325-342)