How do I submit my abstract? Title not capitalized
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Manuela M. Marin1,2
Name of second author3
Name of third author4
1Department
of Musicology, University of Graz, Austria
Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Canada
3Affiliation second author
4Affiliation third author
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References
Baddeley, A. (1986). Working memory. Oxford: Clarendon.
Boltz, M. G. (1992). The remembering of auditory event duration. Journal
of Experimental Psychology, 15(5), 938-956.
Dewey, J. (1988). Kunst als Erfahrung. Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp.
Gibson, J. J. (1979). The ecological approach to visual perception. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin.
Jones, M. R., & Boltz, M. (1989). Dynamic attending and responses to
time. Psychological Review, 96(3), 459-491.
Kreitler, H., & Kreitler, S. (1980). Psychologie der Kunst. Stuttgart:
Kohlhammer.
O’Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys:
Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib
(Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York:
Springer.
Biography
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Contact
manuela.marin@uni-graz.at
Please read the following before you submit your abstract for publication!
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Title (5-10 words, bold, lower case): It should correspond
closely to the main content (e.g. the main question and/or
conclusion) and include the most important key words.
 Name(s) of author(s) and affiliation(s) in italics, follow the format:
“Department of...”/or give the name of the Research Centre, then
“University of...”, and finally give the name of the “country”
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Background: This section should survey relevant literature without
referring to the specific research question. Please cite at least 4-5
references in APA style.
Aims: This section should clearly and concisely explain your specific
research question. Please do not write more than 2-3 sentences!
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Main contribution: This section should include a clear statement of
your main finding or thesis, and the main evidence or arguments
that back it up. In empirical contributions, the main contribution
section should include a summary of method, results and
conclusions. In theoretical contributions, no subheadings are
needed.
Please use the Implications section to discuss any implications of
your research that you consider noteworthy. Relevance for
musicology? Relevance for other fields? Applications? This section
cannot be left out!
References (in text references and reference list) should be given
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Submission deadline: 15 August, 2008
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