Music Performance Anxiety - Volume III

Building on the success of the first two volumes, we are pleased to introduce the third volume of Highlights in Performance Science: Music Performance Anxiety, which aims to continue advancing our understanding of music performance anxiety (MPA) and its implications for musicians' well-being, health, learning, and professional development.For musicians, performing in public is a demanding activity, and MPA can have debilitating effects on performance quality, health, well-being, and career development, regardless of age, gender, experience, practice history, musical genre, or cultural background.A greater understanding of MPA - its causes, underlying mechanisms, and consequences - has implications not only for theory, but also for its prevention and management, for teaching and learning, and for musicians' well-being, health, and professional development.This collection welcomes and showcases research that advances our understanding of MPA from diverse theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary perspectives. Given the multifaceted nature of MPA, we encourage submissions addressing:• Conceptualization, phenomenology, and assessment of MPA• Aetiology and underlying cognitive, affective, behavioural, neural, and physiological mechanisms• Individual differences• Prevention, management, and consequences of MPAWe also welcome studies focusing on related performance phenomena that can inform research on MPA, including:• Choking under pressure• Clutch performance• Flow states• Resilience• Self-regulation• Expertise development• Mental health among musiciansWe particularly encourage studies employing a broad range of methodologies, including:• Survey, experimental, longitudinal, and intervention designs• Qualitative and mixed-methods approaches• Psychophysiological, neuroscientific, and other biological approaches• Replication studies, systematic reviews, and meta-analysesResearch examining digital and technology-supported interventions, cross-cultural perspectives, and translational research that bridges scientific findings with educational, clinical, and professional practice is especially welcome. Topic editors: Oscar Casanova, Michiko Yoshie, Patrick Gomez, Katarina Habe Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/85523/music-performance-anxiety---volume-iii