Dr. Cunmei Jiang

Email: cunmeijiang@shnu.edu.cn

Cunmei Jiang received a doctorate in Musicology from Central Conservatory of Music in 2005. She then spent 2 years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is a professor of musicology in the Music College at Shanghai Normal University.

Her research interests span a number of areas in music psychology:

• Music and language processing in atypical populations (amusia, autism)

• Musical structure, emotion, and expectations

• Music and stress reduction

• Therapeutic effects of music on autism and aphasia

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (* indicates corresponding author)

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1. Leung, F. Y., Stojanovik, V., Micai, M., Jiang, C., & Liu, F. (in press). Emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorder across age groups: A cross‐sectional investigation of various visual and auditory communicative domains. Autism Research.

2. Jiang, J., Liu, F., Zhou, L., Chen, L., & Jiang, C. *(2023). Explicit processing of melodic structure in congenital amusia can be improved by redescription-associate learning. Neuropsychologia, 182, 108521.

3. Wang, L., Xiao, S., Jiang, C., Hou, Q., Chan, A. H., Wong, P., & Liu, F. (2023). The form and function processing of lexical tone and intonation in tone-language-speaking children with autism spectrum disorder.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,154(1), 467-481.

4. Wang, L., Ong, J. H., Ponsot, E., Hou, Q., Jiang, C., & Liu, F. (2023). Mental representations of speech and musical pitch contours reveal a diversity of profiles in autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 27(3), 629-646.

5. Loutrari, A., Alqadi, A., Jiang, C., & Liu, F. (2023). Exploring the role of singing, semantics, and amusia screening in speech-in-noise perception in musicians and non-musicians. Cognitive Processing, 1-15.

6. Loutrari, A., Ansell, K., Philip Beaman, C., Jiang, C., & Liu, F. (2023). Auditory imagery in congenital amusia. Musicae Scientiae, 27(3), 698-716.

7. Ong, J. H., Zhao, C., Bacon, A., Leung, F. Y. N., Veic, A., Wang, L., Jiang, C. & Liu, F. (2023). The relationship between autism and pitch perception is modulated by cognitive abilities. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-12.

8. Loutrari, A., Jiang, C., & Liu, F. (2022). Song imitation in congenital amusia: Performance partially facilitated by melody familiarity but not by lyrics. Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 39(4), 341-360.

9. Wang, L., Beaman, C., Jiang, C., Liu, F. (2022) Perception and production of statement-question intonation in autism spectrum disorder: a developmental investigation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 52(8): 3456-3472.

10. Xu, J., Zhou, L., Liu, F., Xue, C., Jiang, J., & Jiang, C. * (2022). The autistic brain can process local but not global emotion regularities in facial and musical sequences. Autism Research, 15(2), 222-240.

11. Jiang, C. (2021). The relationship between music and language: Facilitating Understanding or Impeding Comprehension? Music and Performance, 2021(4), 62-68. [Chinese]

12. Wang, L., Pfordresher, P., Jiang, C., Liu, F. (2021). Individuals with autism spectrum disorder are impaired in absolute but not relative pitch and duration matching in speech and song imitation. Autism Research,14(11), 2355-2372.  

13. Zhou, C., Zhou, L., & Jiang, C. * (2021). Neural mechanisms underlying the experience of musical pleasure. Advances in Psychological Science, 29 (1), 123-130. [Chinese]

14. Sun, L., Thompson, W. F., Liu, F., Zhou, L., & Jiang, C. *(2020). The human brain processes hierarchical structures of meter and harmony differently: Evidence from musicians and nonmusicians. Psychophysiology, 57(9), e13598.

15. Du, M., Jiang, J., Li, D., & Jiang, C. * (2020). The effects of background music on neural responses during reading comprehension. Scientific Reports 10 (1), 1-10.

16. Zhang, W., Liu, F., Zhou, L., Wang, W., Jiang, H., & Jiang, C.* (2019). The effects of timbre on neural responses to musical emotion. Music Perception, 37(2), 134-146.

17. Zhou, L., Liu, F., Jiang, J., & Jiang, C.* (2019). Impaired emotional processing of chords in congenital amusia: Electrophysiological and behavioral evidence. Brain and Cognition, 135: 103577.

18. Zhou, L., Liu, F., Jiang, J., Jiang, H., & Jiang, C. * (2019). Abnormal neural responses to harmonic syntactic structures in congenital amusia. Psychophysiology, 56 (9), e13394.

19. Jiang, J., Liu, F., Zhou, L., & Jiang, C. * (2019). The neural basis for understanding imitation-induced musical meaning: The role of the human mirror system. Behavioural Brain Research, 359, 362–369.

20. Jiang, C., Zhao H. (2019). How does the brain perceive the formal beauty of music? Evidence from electrophysiology. Music Research, 2019(5), 99–110. [Chinese]

21. Zhao, H., Jiang, J., Zhou L., Jiang, C.* (2019). Human mirror system is involved in the automatic processing of musical emotions: Evidence from EEG. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 51 (7), 795–804. [Chinese]

22. Zhang W., Wang W., Zhou L., Jiang, C.* (2018). The Impact of Lyrics on Music Emotion Processing: A Study of Behavior and ERP. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 50 (12), 1346–1355. [Chinese]

23. Sun, L., Liu, F., Zhou, L., & Jiang, C. *(2018). Musical training modulates the early but not the late stage of rhythmic syntactic processing. Psychophysiology, 55 (2), e12983. doi: 10.1111 / psyp.12983.

24. Liu, F., Jiang, C., Francart, T., Chan, AH, & Wong, PCM. (2017). Perceptual learning of pitch direction in congenital amusia: Evidence from Chinese speakers. Music Perception. 34 ( 3), 335–351.

25. Jiang, C. *, Liu, F., & Wong, P.C.M. * (2017). Sensitivity to musical emotion is influenced by tonal structure in congenital amusia. Scientific Reports, 7, 7624.

26. Jiang, C. (2017). Crossing and Fusion of Art and Science: Foreword to the Psychology of Music. Advances in Psychological Science (11), 5-6. [Chinese]

27. Sun, L., Zhou, L., Yan, R., Jiang, C.* (2017). Melody and intonation therapy and its clinical application to aphasia. Psychological Science, 40 (1), 231–237. [Chinese]

28. Zhou, L., Liu, F., Jing, X., & Jiang, C.* (2017). Neural differences between the processing of musical meaning conveyed by direction of pitch change and natural music in congenital amusia. Neuropsychologia, 96, 29–38.

29. Hai, T., Zhou, L., Jiang, C.* (2017). Absolute Pitch: Music Perception and Its Neural Mechanisms. Psychological Science, 40 (1), 51–57. [Chinese]

30. Zhou, L., Zhao, H., Jiang, C.* (2017). Effects of Music Performance Training on Neural Plasticity: A Meta-Analytic Study. Advances in Psychological Science, 25 (11), 1877–1887. [Chinese]

31. Zhou, L., Jiang, C.* (2016). Cognitive Neural Mechanisms of Music Conveying Philosophical Concepts. Advances in Psychological Science, 24 (6), 855–862. [Chinese]

32. Jiang, C., Zhang, Q. (2016). The Origin of Language and Music Evolution. Chinese Science Bulletin, 61, 682–690. [Chinese]

33. Jiang, J., Rickson, D., & Jiang, C.* (2016). The mechanism of music for reducing psychological stress: Music preference as a mediator. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 48, 62-68.

34. Zhang. J., Jiang, C., Zhou, L., & Yang, Y. (2016). Perception of hierarchical boundaries in music and its modulation by expertise. Neuropsychologia, 91, 490–498.

35. Jiang, C. *, Liu, F., & Thompson, WF* (2016). Impaired explicit processing of musical syntax and tonality in a group of Mandarin-speaking congenital amusics. Music Perception, 33 (4), 401-413.

36. Zhou, L., Jiang, C., Wu, Y., & Yang, Y. (2015). Conveying the concept of movement in music: An event-related brain potential study. Neuropsychologia, 77, 128--136.

37. Jiang, J., Liu, F., Wan, X., & Jiang, C.* (2015). Perception of melodic contour and intonation in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from Mandarin speakers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45: 2067–2075.

38. Jiang, C., & Wang, H. (2015). Music Education from the Perspective of Youth Development. Reference for Basic Education, (15), 3-6. [Chinese]

39. Liu, F., Jiang, C., Wang, B., Xu, Y., & Patel, A. D. (2015). A music perception disorder (congenital amusia) influences speech comprehension. Neuropsychologia, 66, 111–118.

40. Wang, H., Jiang, J., Jiang, C. * (2015). The Impact of Music Training on Cognitive Ability. Advances in Psychological Science, 23 (3): 419–429. [Chinese]

41. Zhou, L., Jiang, C., Delogu, F., & Yang, Y. (2014). Spatial conceptual associations between music and pictures as revealed by N400 effect. Psychophysiology, 51 (6), 520–528.

42. Jiang, C., Tang, X., Han, Z. (2014). Is the music syntactic processing ability universal? Music Research, 2014 (5): 111-122. [Chinese]

43. Wan, X., Dong, S., & Jiang, C. * (2014). Music and Language Processing by Autistics. Psychological Science, 33 (1), 217-224. [Chinese]

44. Jiang, J., Wang, Z., Wan, X., & Jiang, C. * (2014). Influencing Factors of Music Time Processing. Advances in Psychological Science, 22 (4): 650-658. [Chinese]

45. Jiang, J., Zhou, L., Rickson, D., & Jiang, C. * (2013). The Effects of Sedative and Stimulative Music on Stress Reduction Depend on Music Preference. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 40: 201-205.

46. Jiang, C. (2013). Standing on the shoulders of giants: collection and interpretation of music psychology data. Music and Performance, 2013(2), 23-27. [Chinese]

47. Jiang, C. *, Lim, V. K., Wang, H., Hamm, J. P. * (2013). Difficulties with Pitch Discrimination Influences Pitch Memory Performance: Evidence from Congenital Amusia. PLoS ONE 8(10): e79216.

48. Liu, F., Jiang, C., Pfordresher, P. Q, Mantell, JT, Xu, Y., Yang, Y., & Stewart, L. (2013). Individuals with congenital amusia imitate pitches more accurately in singing than in speaking: Implications for music and language processing. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 75 (8): 1783-1798.

49. Liu, F., Jiang, C., Thompson, W. F., Xu, Y., Yang, Y., & Stewart, L. (2012). The mechanism of speech processing in congenital amusia: Evidence from Mandarin speakers. PLoS ONE, 7(2), e30374.

50. Jiang, C., Hammn, J. P., Lim, V. K., Kirk, I. J., & Yang, Y. (2012). Impaired Categorical Perception of Lexical Tone in Mandarin Speaking Congenital Amusics. Memory and Cognition, 40 (7), 1109-1121.

51. Liu, F., Xu, Y., Patel, A. D., Francart, T., & Jiang, C. (2012). Differential recognition of pitch patterns in discrete and gliding stimuli in congenital amusia: Evidence from Mandarin speakers. Brain and Cognition, 79, 209-215.

52. Jiang, C., Hamm, J. P., Lim, V. K., Kirk, I. J., Chen, X, et al. (2012), Amusia Results in Abnormal Brain Activity following Inappropriate Intonation during Speech Comprehension. PLoS ONE, 7(7): e41411.

53. Jiang, C., & Yang, Y. (2012). Pitch processing of Music and Speech in Congenital Amusia. Advances in Psychological Science, 29 (2): 159-167.

54. Zhou, L., Jiang, C., Yang, Y. (2012). Comparison of syntactic cognition of music and language. Chinese Science Bulletin, 57: 2674-2685. [Chinese]

55. Jiang, C., Hamm, J. P., Lim, V. K., Kirk, I. J., & Yang, Y. (2011). Fine-grained pitch discrimination in congenital amusics with Mandarin Chinese. Music Perception, 28 (5), 519-526.

56. Jiang, C., Hammn, J., Lim, V., Kirk, I., & Yang, Y. (2010). Processing melodic         contour and speech intonation in congenital amusics with Mandarin Chinese. Neuropsychologia, 48(9): 2630-2639.

57. Jiang, C. (2010). A Review on Behavior and Neural Basis of Pitch Processing in Congenital Amusia. Music Research, 2: 74-79. [Chinese]

58. Jiang, C., Zhang Qian, Li Weijun, Yang Yufang (2010). Effect of Absolute Pitch Sense on the Syntactic Processing Ability of Music. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 42 (4): 443-451. [Chinese]

59. Jiang, C. (2007). On the Basic Characteristics of Traditional Music Performance Activities. Symphony, 2: 15-20. [Chinese]

60. Jiang, C. (2007). Review and reflection on foreign music cognitive development research. Music Research, 3: 104-112.

61. Jiang, C. (2007). Reasonable, But Unexpected: Aesthetic Evaluation Criteria of Music Performance. Music and Performance, 2: 58-61.

62. Jiang, C. (2005). A Review on Foreign Cognitive Research on Tonal Music Pitch Relationship. Symphony, 3: 45-50. [Chinese]

63. Jiang, C. (2005). Reflections on the Piano Teaching Mode in Teachers Colleges. Qilu Realm of Arts, 3: 69-71. [Chinese]

64. Jiang, C. (2005). Review and Reflection on Musical Ability Research. Music Research, 3: 67-74. [Chinese]

65. Jiang, C. (2004). A Comparative Study of Six Score Versions of Mozart Piano Sonata (K330). Music and Performance, 2: 67-73. [Chinese]

66. Jiang, C. (2003). Review, Reflection, and Prospect: A Summary of the First National Conference on Music Psychology. Music and Performance, (2), 19-21. [Chinese]

67. Wang, H., & Jiang, C. (2002). A Comparative Study of the Musical Versions of Mozart's Tenth Piano Sonata. Teana, 2: 18-23. [Chinese]

68. Jiang, C. (2002). On the acoustic presentation of musical works. Chinese Musicology, 1: 85-100. [Chinese]

69. Wang, H., & Jiang, C. (2002). Rubato in Mozart's Music Works. Music Exploration, 2: 55-57. [Chinese]

70. Jiang, C. (2000). Discussion on the Gains and Losses of "an upsurge in piano". Young Performer, No.1, 2000, 26-27. [Chinese]

71. Jiang, C. (1999). Aesthetic Issues of Music Performance from the Perspective of "Intentionality". Journal of Yunnan Academy of Arts, 1999 (3): 83-84. [Chinese]

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

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1. Jiang, C. (2023). How our brains exhibit a similar response to music: A stimulus-based mechanism for intersubjectivity? Keynote address at the 4th Conference of Society for Music Psychology, Chengdu, China.

2. Wang, L., Pfordresher, P., Jiang, C., & Liu, F. (2023). Impaired vocal imitation of speech and song in autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from Mandarin speakers. ICMPC17-APSCOM7, Tokyo, Japan.

3. Wang, L., Xiao, S., Jiang, C., Hou, Q., Chan, A. H. D., Wong, P. C. M., Veic, A., Williams, T., & Liu, F. (2023). The relationship between form and function processing of prosody in autism spectrum disorder – Evidence from Mandarin and English speakers. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Stockholm, Sweden.

4. Jiang, C. (2021). How music and language mutually influence the comprehension of meaning? Keynote address at the 3rd Conference of Society for Music Psychology, Shijiazhuang, China.

5. Wang, G., Du, M., Wang, J., Jiang, C. (2021). Cross-modal audiovisual emotional integration in Autism. The 23rd National Psychological Conference, Huhehaote, China.

6. Du, M., Jiang, J., Li, Z., & Jiang, C. (2019). The Impact of Background Music on Language Understanding: Evidence from ERP. Paper presentation at the 22nd National Psychological Conference, Hangzhou, China.

7. Jiang, J., Sun, L., & Jiang, C. (2018). Music training regulates the perception of phrase boundaries caused by harmonic cadence. The 21st National Conference of Psychology.

8. Jiang, C. (2017). Harmonic and rhythmic syntax processing: The effect of musical training. Keynote address at the First Conference of Society for Music Psychology, Shanghai, China.

9. Zhou, L., Jiang, J., & Jiang, C. (2017). Music Syntax Processing in Congenital Amusia: ERP Study. The 20th National Psychological Conference, Chongqing, China.

10. Jiang, C., Jiang, J., & Zhou, L. (2017). The effect of music training on the ability of music syntactic processing of congenital amusia. The 6th Chinese Musicians Association Music Psychology Society Academic Conference, Mianyang, China.

11. Jiang, C., Liu, F., Wong, P. (2016). Reduced Cultural Sensitivity to Perceived Musical Tension in Congenital Amusia. Paper presentation at the 14th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), San Francisco, California, USA.

12. Jiang, C. (2014). The Processing of Music and Language in Individuals with Autism. Paper presentation at the First Academic Conference of the Chinese Association for Cognitive Science, Beijing, China.

13. Hamm, J. P., Jiang, C., Lim, V. K. (2013). Examining the pitch memory deficit in Amusia. Paper presentation at the 40th Experimental Psychology Conference, Adelaide, Australia.

14. Jiang, C., Hamm, J. P., Lim, V. K., Kirk, I. J., Chen, X., & Yang, Y. (2011). Amusia results in abnormal brain responses to intonation errors in Mandarin Chinese sentences. Paper presentation at the 14nd National Psychological Conference, Xian, China.

15. Liu, F., Jiang, C., Francart, T., Chan, A. H., & Wong, P. C. (2013). Training Mandarin-speaking amusics to recognize pitch direction: Pathway to treat musical disorders in congenital amusia. Paper presentation at the 166thMeeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, California, USA.

16. Liu, F., Livengood, S. L., Jiang, C., Chan, A. H., & Wong, P. C. (2013). Individuals with congenital amusia respond to fractal music differently from normal listeners. Paper presentation at the 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, California, USA.

17. Yang, Y., Jiang, C., & Nan, Y. (2011). Music and Language. Paper presentation at the 14th National Psychological Conference, Xian, China.

18. Jiang, J., Zhou, L., & Jiang, C. (2011). The effects of sedative and stimulative music on stress reduction depend on music preference. Paper presentation at the 14nd National Psychological Conference, Xian, China.

19. Jiang, C., Hamm, JP, Lim, VK, Kirk, IJ, & Yang, Y. (2011). Fine-Grained Pitch Discrimination in Congenital Amusics with Mandarin Chinese. Paper presentation at 4th Chinese Musicians Association Music Psychology Society Academic Conference, Beijing, China.

BOOKS, CHAPTERS, AND TRANSLATED ARTICLES

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1. Jiang, C. (2016). Psychology of Music. Shanghai: East China Normal University Press. (ISBN: 9787567545694)

2. Jiang, C. (2006). Piano Examination Collection (Levels 7 and 8). Fuzhou: Fujian People's Publishing House.

3. Jiang, C. (2008). Aesthetics of Chinese Music Performance in the 20th Century. In: Han Zhongeng (Ed.). Research on Aesthetic Issues of Chinese Music in the Twentieth Century. Shanghai: Shanghai Conservatory of Music Press. 328-369.

4. Jiang, C. (2008). Music performance and behavior. In Changcun Feng (Ed.), Foundation of Music Aesthetics. Nanjing: Nanjing Normal University Press, 56-72.

5. Jiang, C. (2000). A review on music performance aesthetics in 1999. In Han Zhongeng, & Jin Xuedong (Eds.), Chinese Music Yearbook. Jinan: Shandong Art Publishing House, 119-124.

6. Krame, J. D., translated by Jiang, C. (2005). Features and Origins of Postmodern Music. Chinese Musicology, 2005(1): 130-137.

7. Howe, M. J. A., Davidson, J. W., & Sloboda, J. A., translated by Jiang, C. (2005). Natural talent: reality or myth (Part 1). Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music, 2005(1): 91-98.

8. Howe, M. J. A., Davidson, J. W., & Sloboda, J. A., translated by Jiang, C. (2005). Natural talent: reality or myth (Part 2). Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music, 2005(2): 77-83.

9. Bodura-Skoda, P. Translated by Jiang, C. (2001). Trills of Mozart's Musical Works. Chinese Conservatory, 2001(2): 105-126.