PSY 447LEC Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carl Seashore, Autism Spectrum, Psychoacoustics
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How sounds are perceived and integrated into the mind and body. Social, cognitive, and clinical applications: pythagoras - 6th century bc. Pythagorean scale derived from shortening length of string by whole integer ratios. Common divisible # of 1,2,3,4 & 12 (basis for modern day pitch classification: psychoacoustics. Vibration in ear -> consonance of dissonance: musical ability. Seashore test of musical ability - assessment as hierarchical and deterministic. Musical mind - pitch, time, tonal memory, consonance, intensity. Foundation as to development later on in life. Need these to be good in music ability in early age. Musical sophistication - musical timing, singing abilities, perceptual abilities, active music engagement, emotional engagement: musical structures. Generative theory of tonal music: music comprised of elements organized hierarchically: social and developmental aspects. 1990s interest in music as a social function. Performer/audience relationship - live performance (concert) to technology music (computers: music and the brain. Music processing in autism spectrum disorder, aphasics, amusia, etc,
