摘要：THIS issue of Empirical Musicology Review comprises four main articles that use very different research
approaches, and cover a wide range of musical styles. Susino and Schubert show how wide-spread
negative stereotypes for specific popular music styles can influence the listener’s aesthetic experience.
They make use of a clever experimental design that allows them to dissociate the effects of lyrics and
musical style. The corresponding commentary by Anglada-Tort supports the approach by Susino and
Schubert, but also shows how this type of research can be generalised to align closely with the wellestablished recognition heuristic from Tversky and Kahneman’s biases and heuristics framework in
decision making.
