Subject: Re: Difference between cognition and perception? From: Martin Braun <nombraun(at)TELIA.COM> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:19:23 +0200Dear Eliot, and others, on Thursday, April 15, Eliot Handelman wrote: > ........ In the case of music, perception seems to me much > more complex than cognition, though obviously in part > driven by cognition The two terms do not change their meaning, when it comes to music. Also here, perception precedes cognition. Further, the concept of "music cognition" rarely occurs in music psychology. The concept of "music perception", however, is very common. There even is a journal with that name. The reason for the dominance of the perception concept in music is that here cognition is not needed. An interesting example from music perception is absolute pitch, both explicit (conscious) and implicit (subconscious). It is similar automatic as color perception. And we never say color cognition. So, music is by no means confusing our language game. It's fully playing according to the rules. Martin -------------------------------- Martin Braun Neuroscience of Music S-671 95 Klässbol Sweden web site: http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/index.htm