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ADDRESS FROM 1st JULY 2007:
School of Life Sciences,
Heriot Watt
University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS,
United Kingdom
Web: http://www.psychology.hw.ac.uk/staff.php Email A.North@hw.ac.uk
My
research interests are in the social psychology of music, and three aspects
of this in particular;
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Experimental
aesthetics
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Music
and consumer behaviour
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Music
in adolescence
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I am
available to carry out consultancy for those working in the music industry.
This consultancy can involve, for instance, literature reviews, bespoke
research, or advice on music policy. Please email or call for further
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Journal
Articles
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North, A. C., Bland, V., and Ellis, N. (2005).
Distinguishing heroes from celebrities. British Journal of Psychology,
96, 39-52.
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North, A. C., Colley, A. M., and
Hargreaves. (2003). Adolescents' perception of the music of male and female
composers. Psychology of Music, 31, 139-154.
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North, A. C., Desborough, L., and Skarstein, L.
(2005). Musical preference, deviance, and attitudes towards celebrities. Personality
and Individual Differences, 38, 1903-1914.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1995). Subjective complexity, familiarity, and liking for popular music. Psychomusicology,
14, 77-93.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1995). Eminence in pop music. Popular Music and Society, 19, 41-66.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (1996). The effects
of music on responses to a dining area. Journal of Environmental
Psychology, 16, 55-64.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (1996).
Responses to music in a dining area. Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 24, 491-501.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1996). Responses to music in aerobic exercise and yogic relaxation
classes. British Journal of Psychology, 87, 535-547.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1996). Affective and evaluative responses to the arts. Empirical
Studies of the Arts, 14, 207-222.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1996). Situational influences on reported musical preferences. Psychomusicology,
15, 30-45.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1997). The effect of physical attractiveness on responses to pop music
performers and their music. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 15,
75-89.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1997). Liking, arousal potential, and the emotions expressed by music. Scandinavian
Journal of Psychology, 38, 45-53.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (1997).
Liking for musical styles. Musicae Scientiae, 1, 109-128.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1997). The musical milieu: studies of listening in everyday life. The
Psychologist, 10, 309-312.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1998). The effect of music on atmosphere and purchase intentions in a
cafeteria. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 2254-2273.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1998). Affective and evaluative responses to pop music. Current
Psychology, 17, 102-108.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1999). Music and adolescent identity. Music Education Research, 1,
75-92.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1999). Can music move people ? The effects of musical complexity and
silence on waiting time. Environment and Behaviour, 31, 136-149.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(1999). Music and driving game performance. Scandinavian Journal of
Psychology, 40, 285-292.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(2000). Musical preferences during and after relaxation and exercise. American
Journal of Psychology, 113, 43-67.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (2000). Collative
variables versus prototypicality. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 18,
13-17.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J.
(2001). Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of
musical quality. Psychomusicology, 17, 77-80.
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North, A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (2002).
Age variations in judgements of 'great' art works. British Journal of
Psychology, 93, 397-405.
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North,
A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (2003). Is music important? The
Psychologist, 16, 406-410.
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North,
A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (2005). Labelling effects on the perceived
deleterious consequences of pop music listening. Journal of Adolescence,
28, 433-440.
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North,
A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (2006). Problem music and self-harming. Suicide
and Life-Threatening Behavior, 36, 582-590.
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North,
A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (2007). Lifestyle correlates of musical
preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime. Psychology
of Music, 35, 58-87.
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North, A.
C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (2007). Lifestyle correlates of musical
preference: 2. Media, leisure time, and music. Psychology of Music, 35,
179-200.
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North, A. C., Hargreaves, D. J.,
and Heath, S. J. (1998). Musical tempo and time perception in a gymnasium. Psychology
of Music, 26, 78-88.
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North, A. C., Hargreaves, D. J.,
MacKenzie, L., and Law, R. M. (2004). The effects of musical and voice
'fit' on responses to advertisements. Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 34, 1675-1708.
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North, A. C., Hargreaves, D. J.,
and McKendrick, J. (1997). In-store music affects product choice. Nature,
390, 132.
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North, A. C., Hargreaves, D. J., and
McKendrick, J. (1999). Music and on-hold waiting time. British Journal
of Psychology, 90, 161-164.
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North, A. C., Hargreaves, D. J.,
and McKendrick, J. (1999). The influence of in-store music on wine
selections. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 271-276.
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North, A. C., Hargreaves, D. J.,
and McKendrick, J. (2000). The effects of music on atmosphere in a bank and
a bar. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 1504-1522.
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North, A. C., Hargreaves, D. J.,
and O'Neill, S.A. (2000). The importance of music to adolescents. British
Journal of Educational Psychology, 70, 255-272.
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North, A. C., Linley, P. A., and
Hargreaves, D. J. (2000). Social loafing in a co-operative classroom task. Educational
Psychology, 20, 389-392.
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North,
A. C. and Oishi, A. (2006). Music CD purchase decisions. Journal of Applied
Social Psychology, 36, 3043-3084.
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North, A. C., Shilcock, A., and Hargreaves,
D. J. (2003). The effect of musical style on restaurant customers’
spending. Environment and Behavior, 35, 712-718.
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North, A. C., Sheridan,
L., Maltby, J., and Gillett, R. (2007). Attributional style, self-esteem,
and celebrity worship. Media
Psychology, 9, 291-308.
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North, A. C., Tarrant, M., and Hargreaves, D. J.
(2004). The effects of music on helping behaviour: A field study.
Environment and Behavior, 36, 266-275.
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Colley, A, North, A. C., and Hargreaves, D. J. (2003).
Gender bias in the evaluation of New Age music. Scandinavian Journal of
Psychology, 44, 125-131.
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Hargreaves, D. J., Marshall, N. A.,
and North, A. C. (2003). Music education in the 21st century: a
psychological perspective. British Journal of Music Education, 20,
147-163.
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Hargreaves, D. J. and North, A. C.
(1998). El estudio de lo social en la psicologia de la musica y en la
educacion musical. Eufonia, 10, 45-50.
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Hargreaves, D. J. and North, A. C. (1999).
The functions of music in everyday life: redefining the social in music
psychology. Psychology of Music, 27, 71-83.
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Hargreaves, D. J. and North, A. C.
(1999). Developing concepts of musical style. Musicae Scientae, 3,
193-216.
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Hargreaves, D. J. and North, A. C.
(2000-2001). Effects of stimulus transformation mode on 'music
conservation' responses in schoolchildren. Bulletin of the Council for
Research in Music Education, 147, 72-76.
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Oakes, S. and North, A. C. (2006). The impact of background musical tempo and
timbre congruity upon ad content recall and affective response. Applied
Cognitive Psychology, 20, 505-520.
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Sheridan, L. and North, A.
C. (2004). Representations of Islam and Muslims in psychological publications.
The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 14, 147-157.
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Tarrant, M. and
North, A. C. (2004). Explanations for positive and negative behaviour: the
intergroup attribution bias in achieved groups. Current Psychology, 23,
161-172.
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Tarrant, M., North, A. C. and
Hargreaves (2000). English and American adolescents' reasons for listening
to music. Psychology of Music, 28, 166-173.
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Tarrant, M., North, A. C., and Hargreaves,
D. J. (2004). Adolescents' intergroup attributions: A comparison of two
social identities. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 33, 177-185.
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Tarrant, M., Hargreaves, D. J., and North,
A. C. (2001). Social categorization, self-esteem, and the estimated musical
preferences of male adolescents. The Journal of Social Psychology, 141,
565-581.
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Tarrant, M., North, A. C., Edridge, M.D.,
Kirk, L.E., Smith, E.A., and Turner, R.E. (2001). Social identity in
adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 24, 597-609.
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Books
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Chapters
in Edited Books
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Hargreaves,
D. J. and North, A. C. (1997). The social psychology of music, in D. J.
Hargreaves and A. C. North (Eds.), The social psychology of music. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
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Hargreaves,
D. J. and North, A. C. (2001). Conclusions: the international perspective,
in D. J. Hargreaves and A. C. North (Eds.), Musical development and
learning: the international perspective. London: Continuum.
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North,
A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (1996a). Lifespan developments in musical stylistic
competence and preference, in J. Tafuri (Ed.) Quaderno della Societa
Italiana Per L'Educazione Musicale No. 10: Lo Stile Musicale. Bologna: SIEM.
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North,
A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (1996b). Responses to music in the real world.
in I. van Hamersveld and N. van der Wielen (Eds.), Cultural research in Europe 1996. Amsterdam: Boekman Foundation and Circle.
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North,
A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (1997a). Experimental aesthetics in everyday
life, in D. J. Hargreaves and A. C. North (Eds.), The social psychology
of music. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
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North,
A. C. and Hargreaves, D. J. (1997b). Music and consumer behaviour, in D. J.
Hargreaves and A. C. North (Eds.), The social psychology of music. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
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Tarrant,
M., North, A. C., and Hargreaves, D. J. (2002). Youth identity and music,
in R. MacDonald, D. J. Hargreaves, and D. Miell (Eds.), Musical
identities. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
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