Peter Cariani, HST Affiliated - Lecturer & Course Director, HST.725
| Jan/25 |
Wed |
07:00PM-09:00PM |
E25-111 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
In this lecture we will present a concise overview of the psychology of music.
- Why we listen – the many diverse ways we use music in our lives (mood/arousal control, cognitive interest, memory, meditation, spirituality, movement/dance/exercise, motivation, identity, ritual, bonding)
- How we listen – music perception (musical pitch, consonance, scales & tunings, melodies & harmonies, grouping processes) and music cognition (tonal & rhythmic expectancies & hierarchies)
- How music is meaningful (expectancies & their violations, tension & relaxation, emotion, pleasure, beauty)
- Origins of music (comparative & evolutionary psychology of music, evolutionary-adaptations vs. structural couplings)
- Synthesis: music, brain, and temporal codes
Background
- Howard Goodall’s How Music Works, 1. Melody, 2. Rhythm 3. Harmony 4. Bass (2006), available on YouTube.
- Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance (2013), Tan, Pfordresher, and Harre, Psychology Press.
Sponsor(s): Health Sciences
Contact: Peter Cariani, cariani@bu.edu
