HST.725 Music Perception and Cognition
Survey of perceptual and cognitive aspects of the psychology of music, with special emphasis on underlying neuronal and neurocomputational representations and mechanisms. Basic perceptual dimensions of hearing, salient qualities, contrasts, patterns and streams that are used in music to convey melody, harmony, rhythm, and separate voices. Perceptual, cognitive, and neurophysiological aspects of the temporal dimension of music are explored. Special topics include comparative, evolutionary, and developmental psychology of music perception, biological vs. cultural influences, Gestaltist vs. associationist vs. schema-based theories, comparison of music and speech perception, parallels between music cognition and language, music and cortical function, and the neural basis of music performance.
Instructors: P. Cariani, M. Tramo
