BCSC 260
Music & the Mind
Introduction to the discipline of music cognition. Topics include empirical methods, psycho-acoustic principles, influence of Gestalt psychology, music and language, metric and tonal hierarchies, music and the brain, aspects of musical development, and research on musical memory, expectation, and emotion.
Topics
- empirical methods
- psycho-acoustic principles
- influence of Gestalt psychology
- music and language
- metric and tonal hierarchies
- music and the brain
- aspects of musical development
- and research on musical memory
- expectation
- and emotion
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027