| Date |
Topic |
Reading due this Class |
| Weeks 1-2: Introduction; Music & Evolution |
| 01/19 |
Intro to Music Cognition
Research Methods | pdf |
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| 01/24 |
Musical Origins | pdf | pdf2 |
Thompson Ch 2
Optional: Levitin 1999 |
| 01/26 |
Empirical Research | pdf | pdf2
Reading Statistics |
McDermott & Hauser 2005; Pinker 1997
Optional: Windsor 2004 |
| Weeks 3-4: Pitch Perception & the Auditory System |
| 01/31 |
Pitch Perception & Absolute Pitch | pdf |
Levitin & Rogers 2005; Schellenberg & Trehub 2003 |
| 02/02 |
Sound & the Auditory System
Cochlear Implants (Bixby) | pdf | pdf2 |
Thompson Ch 3 |
| 02/07 |
Pitch Illusions & Pitch Memory;
Relative Pitch/Contour | pdf |
Deutsch 1991; Schellenberg et al 1999 |
| 02/09 |
Partials, Timbre, & Composition (Robert Hasegawa, guest)
Exam Review |
Exam review preparation |
| 02/14 |
Midterm #1 |
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| Weeks 5-6: Perception of Tonal Structure |
| 02/16 |
Perceiving Music Structure
Topics & Search Engines | pdf | pdf2 |
Thompson Ch 5 |
| 02/21 |
Tonal Hierarchy | pdf | pdf2 |
Krumhansl & Shepard 1979 – Exp. 1 only |
| 02/23 |
Tonality and Expectation | pdf
Paper title & article list due |
Huron Ch. 9, Tonality |
| Week 7: Rhythm & Meter |
| 02/28 |
Expectation in Time;
Beat Induction | pdf |
Huron Ch 10; Schachner et al 2009 |
| 03/01 |
Rhythm & Grouping (Bixby) | pdf
Paper requirements; APA review |
Iverson et al 2008; Phillips-Silver & Trainor 2005 |
Weeks 8-9: Musical Development |
| 03/06 |
Infant Testing Methods
Consonance/Dissonance
Infant Directed Singing (Wilson) | pdf | pdf2 |
Thompson Ch 4 |
03/08 |
Learning, Enculturation of Scales & Rhythm
Critical Periods (Brown) | pdf
Optional early deadline: Paper title, outline, final article list (feedback sooner) |
Trainor & Trehub 1992; Hannon & Trehub 2005 |
| SPRING BREAK (03/13 and 03/15) |
| 03/20 |
Enculturation of Harmony | pdf
Exam Review |
Corrigal & Trainor 2010
Exam review preparation |
| 03/22 |
Midterm #2 |
|
| Weeks 10-11: Music, Brain, Language, & Emotion |
| 03/27 |
Overview | pdf | pdf2
Imaging Methods
Paper title, outline, final article list due |
Thompson Ch 7 |
| 03/29 |
Specialization for Music Amusia, Synaesthesia | pdf |
Schlaug 2001; Peretz & Hyde 2003 |
| 04/03 |
Music & Language | pdf
Music & Productivity (Holtzberg) |
Patel & Daniele 2003; Patel 2005 |
| 04/05 |
Music & Emotion | pdf
Therapy & Terminal Illness (Butcher)
Schedule Appointments |
Thompson Ch 6 |
Week 12: Paper Progress Meetings
Write your final paper! (and read Huron) |
| 04/10 |
No class, individual meetings (Marvin, Bixby) |
|
| 04/12 |
Individual meetings continue (Marvin, Bixby) |
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| Weeks 13-15: Effects of Music |
| 04/17 |
Music, Surprise, & Humor | pdf
Papers due |
Huron Ch 14 |
| 04/19 |
Music & Other Skills
The "Mozart Effect" | pdf |
Thompson Ch 10; Thompson et al 2001
Optional: Rauscher et al 1993 |
| 04/24 |
Music & Therapy (Betsy King, guest, Nazareth College) | pdf
[ESM juries 04/24 & 04/26] |
Wan et al 2010; Wan et al 2011 |
| 04/26 |
Exam Review |
|
| 05/01 |
Midterm #3
Papers returned (if possible) |
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