| Date |
Topic |
Reading DUE (Blackboard "Reserves") |
| Unit 1: Introduction; Music and Evolution |
| 09/04 |
Intro to Music Cognition | pdf |
Thompson Ch 1 (optional) |
| 09/06 (Q) |
Musical Origins
Research Methods | pdf | pdf2 |
Thompson Ch 2
non-BCS students: Levitin 1999 |
| 09/11 |
Empirical Research
Reading Statistics | pdf | pdf2 |
McDermott & Hauser 2005; Pinker 1997
[no stats class: Windsor 2004] |
| Unit 2: Pitch Perception and the Auditory System |
| 09/13 (Q) |
Pitch Perception & Absolute Pitch | pdf |
Levitin & Rogers 2005; Schellenberg & Trehub 2003 |
| 09/18 |
Sound & the Auditory System
Cochlear Implants | pdf |
Thompson Ch 3 |
| 09/20 (Q) |
Pitch Illusions & Pitch Memory;
Relative Pitch/Contour | pdf | pdf2 |
Deutsch 1991; Schellenberg et al 1999 |
| 09/25 |
Timbre, pitch & perception
Exam Review |
Eitan & Rothschild;
Exam review |
| 09/27 |
Midterm #1 |
|
| Unit 3: Perception of Tonal Structure |
| 10/02 |
Perceiving Music Structure
Topics & Search Engines | pdf | pdf2 |
Thompson Ch 5
One week to paper proposals |
| 10/04 (Q) |
Tonal Hierarchy
Topics & APA style | pdf |
Krumhansl & Shepard 1979 – Exp. 1 only
(ESM Fall Break next class) |
| 10/09 |
Fall Break |
|
| 10/11 (Q) |
Tonality and Expectation
Music Theory Review
| pdf | pdf2
Paper title & article list due (upload) |
Huron Ch. 9, Tonality |
| Unit 4: Rhythm and Meter |
| 10/16 |
Expectation in Time;
Beat Induction | pdf |
Huron Ch 10; Schachner et al 2009 |
| 10/18 (Q) |
Rhythm & Grouping | pdf
Paper requirements |
Iverson et al 2008; Phillips-Silver & Trainor 2005 |
Unit 5: Musical Development |
| 10/23 |
Infant Testing Methods
Consonance/Dissonance | pdf | pdf2 |
Thompson Ch 4 |
10/25 (Q) |
Learning, Enculturation of Scales & Rhythm | pdf |
Trainor & Trehub 1992; Hannon & Trehub 2005 |
| 10/30 |
Development: harmonic sense | pdf
Exam Review |
Corrigal & Trainor 2010
Exam review |
| 11/01 |
Midterm #2
Paper outline due next class
|
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| Unit 6: Music, Brain, Language, and Emotion |
| 11/06 |
Overview
Imaging Methods | pdf
Paper title, outline, final article list due |
Thompson Ch 7 |
| 11/08 (Q) |
Specialization for Music Amusia, Synaesthesia | pdf | pdf |
Schlaug 2001; Peretz & Hyde 2003
Schedule meetings |
| 11/13 |
Music & Language | pdf
Music training/prosody (Nair) |
Patel & Daniele 2003; Patel 2005
Academic honesty; meetings |
PAUSE: Paper Progress Meetings
Write your final paper! (and read Huron) |
| 11/15 |
No class, individual meetings |
Marvin in Mel 322; TAs also available |
| 11/20 |
Individual meetings continue |
Marvin in Mel 322; TAs also available |
| 11/22 |
Thanksgiving: No Class |
|
| Unit 7: Effects of Music: Emotion, Therapy |
| 11/27 |
Music and Emotion | pdf | pdf2
|
Thompson Ch 6 |
| 11/29 |
Music, Surprise, & Humor | pdf | pdf2
Papers due |
Huron Ch 14 |
| 12/04 |
Music and Other Skills
The "Mozart Effect"
Music Therapy Intro | pdf (Guerrieri) |
Thompson, Ch 10; Thompson et al (2001); [Optional: Rauscher et al (1993)] |
| 12/06 |
Music & Therapy (Betsy King, guest, Nazareth College) | pdf |
Wan et al 2010; Kim et al 2009 |
| 12/11 |
Exam Review |
Norton et al 2009 |
| 12/18 |
Midterm #3 (Exam Week)
Papers returned (if possible) |
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