Subject: New textbook on music cognition From: Bill Thompson <Bill.Thompson@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:42:41 +1100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail-12--1043941425 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of an up-to-date textbook =20 for the field of music cognition: Thompson, W.F. (2009). Music, Thought, and Feeling: Understanding the =20= Psychology of Music. New York: Oxford University Press. 320 pages. =20 ISBN10: 0195377079 The book surveys the field of music cognition and includes chapters =20 that cover topics such as: - theories of the evolution of music - psychoacoustic foundations of music - music and the brain (includes research using EEG, MEG, fMRI, PET etc.) - music and emotion - developmental approaches to music cognition - music performance - composition and creativity - effects of music training on other cognitive capacities - perceiving pitch and rhythmic structure and many other topics. The book would be ideal as an undergraduate =20 textbook, or for anyone who wants a review of current issues in the =20 various subdisciplines of music cognition. It includes sound =20 examples, sidebars, and other features. Additional information may be found at the Oxford University Press =20 websites, and of course Amazon and other e-commerce sites, as follows: 1. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/he/subject/Music/PsychologyofMusic/?=20 view=3Dusa&ci=3D9780195377071 2. http://www.oup.com/us/thompson 3. http://www.amazon.com/Music-Thought-Feeling-Understanding-=20 Psychology/dp/0195377079/ref=3Dsr_1_4?=20 ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1224599831&sr=3D8-4 If you are teaching a psychology of music course and would like an =20 evaluation copy of my book, please simply send an e-mail to Adam =20 Tyrrell at OUP (adam.tyrrell@xxxxxxxx) or use the Request examination =20 copy" link from the first Oxford University Press website listed =20 above (The =93Request examination copy=94 function on the companion =20 website is being reprogrammed at the moment). Bill Thompson President: Society for Music Perception and Cognition Editor: Empirical Musicology Review http://www.psy.mq.edu.au/staff/thompson --Apple-Mail-12--1043941425 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Dear colleagues,<div><br></div><div>I am pleased to announce the = publication of an up-to-date textbook for the field of music = cognition:</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; ">Thompson, W.F. (2009). Music, Thought, = and Feeling: Understanding the Psychology of Music. New York: Oxford = University Press. 320 pages. ISBN10: 0195377079</span></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial">The book surveys the field of = music cognition and includes chapters that cover topics such = as:</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial">-=A0theories of the evolution of = music</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial">-=A0psychoacoustic foundations of = music</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial">-=A0music and the brain (includes research using EEG, = MEG, fMRI, PET etc.)</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial">-=A0music and emotion</font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial">-=A0developmental approaches = to music cognition</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial">-=A0music performance</font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial">-=A0composition and = creativity</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial">-=A0effects of music training on other cognitive = capacities</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial">-=A0perceiving pitch and rhythmic = structure</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial">and many other topics. The book would be ideal as an = undergraduate textbook, or for anyone who wants a review of current = issues in the various subdisciplines of music cognition. It includes = sound examples, sidebars, and other features.=A0</font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial">Additional information may be = found at the Oxford University Press websites, and of course Amazon and = other e-commerce sites, as follows:</font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial">1.=A0<a = href=3D"http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/he/subject/Music/PsychologyofMusic/?= view=3Dusa&ci=3D9780195377071"><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 32, = 222); = ">http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/he/subject/Music/PsychologyofMusic/?view=3D= usa&ci=3D9780195377071</span></a></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial">2.=A0<a = href=3D"http://www.oup.com/us/thompson"><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 45, = 207); text-decoration: none; = ">http://www.oup.com/us/thompson</span></a></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial">3.=A0<a = href=3D"http://www.amazon.com/Music-Thought-Feeling-Understanding-Psycholo= gy/dp/0195377079/ref=3Dsr_1_4?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1224599831= &sr=3D8-4"><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 45, 207); text-decoration: = none; = ">http://www.amazon.com/Music-Thought-Feeling-Understanding-Psychology/dp/= 0195377079/ref=3Dsr_1_4?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1224599831&s= r=3D8-4</span></a><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 29, 104); font-family: = Arial; font-style: italic; ">If you are teaching a psychology of music = course and would like an evaluation copy of my book, please simply send = an e-mail to Adam Tyrrell at OUP (<a = href=3D"mailto:adam.tyrrell@xxxxxxxx"><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 57, = 207); text-decoration: none; ">adam.tyrrell@xxxxxxxx</span></a>) or use = the Request examination copy" link from the first Oxford University = Press website listed above (The =93Request examination copy=94 function = on the companion website is being reprogrammed at the = moment).</span></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#001D68" face=3D"Arial"><i><br></i></font><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; 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= white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = "><div>Bill=A0Thompson</div><div>President: Society for Music Perception = and Cognition</div><div>Editor: Empirical Musicology = Review</div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: = Arial; "><a href=3D"http://www.psy.mq.edu.au/me2"><span style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 45, 207); text-decoration: none; = ">http://www.psy.mq.edu.au/staff/thompson</span></a></span></div><div><br>= </div><div><br></div><div><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-12--1043941425--