Rhythm and pitch are the 2 primary dimensions of music. They are interesting
psychologically because simple, well-defined units combine to form highly complex and …

Expectation and prediction constitute central mechanisms in the perception and cognition of
music, which have been explored in theoretical and empirical accounts. We review the …

The relationship between psychology and music is characteristic of that between a new
science and an established discipline. Western music theory has a very old tradition, dating …

In this book, David Temperley addresses a fundamental question about music cognition:
how do we extract basic kinds of musical information, such as meter, phrase structure …

Studies of the link between music and emotion have primarily focused on listeners'
sensitivity to emotion in the music of their own culture. This sensitivity may reflect listeners' …

In Music and Probability, David Temperley explores issues in music perception and
cognition from a probabilistic perspective. The application of probabilistic ideas to music has …

Music perception depends on internal psychological models derived through exposure to a
musical culture. It is hypothesized that this musical enculturation depends on two cognitive …

Examining the intersection of music, psychology, and neuroscience, Music, Thought, and
Feeling, Second Edition, surveys the rapidly growing field of music cognition and explores …

Following in a psychological and musicological tradition beginning with Leonard Meyer, and
continuing through David Huron, we present a functional, cognitive account of the …

The prevalent approach to develo** cognitive models of music perception and
composition is to construct systems of symbolic rules and constraints on the basis of …