HST.725 Music Perception and Cognition, Spring 2004
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Author(s)
Tramo, Mark J., M.D. Ph.D.
Cariani, Peter
Oxenham, Andrew
Alternative Title
Music Perception and Cognition
Date Issued
June 2004
Abstract
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 (pitch, timbre, consonance/roughness, loudness, auditory grouping) form 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 (rhythm, timing, duration, temporal expectation) 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 action, and the neural basis of music performance.
Subjects
music perception
music cognition
music memory
pitch
timbre
consonance
harmony
tonality
melody
expressive timing
rhythmic hierarchies
auditory perception
auditory pathway
musical acoustics
power spectra
psychophysics
neurocomputational models
neural correlates
music therapy
synesthesia
absolute pitch
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Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
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