Perception & Cognition of Sound & Music

The Perception and Cognition of Sound and Music -
Course open to School of Music students only.
This course develops a scientific framework for
understanding how we experience the sonic world.
The science of hearing is broadly surveyed, with
course topics including the physiology and
function of the auditory pathway, principals of
psychoacoustics, and modeling of cognitive
processes. The treatment is grounded in the
psychological and neuroscientific literature, and
in analytical and creative applications to music
and sound art. Some prior familiarity with basic musical acoustics is recommended.