Subject: Music cognition meeting, handbook From: Aniruddh Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:15:01 -0800 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear List, Last week I posted to the list about the upcoming music cognition meeting in August (abstract deadline Feb 1): http://music.iupui.edu/smpc2009/ I forgot to mention that some of you may be interested in the newly published Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology (edited by Hallam, Cross, and Thaut): http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/CognitivePsychology/?view=usa&view=usa&ci=9780199298457 This book has a remarkable range, with 52 chapters divided into 11 sections: - the origins and functions of music - music perception - responses to music - music and the brain - musical development - learning musical skills - musical performance - composition and improvisation - the role of music in our everyday lives - music therapy - conceptual frameworks, research methods, and future directions Note that a 20% discount is available at this website: http://www.oup.co.uk/sale/amohmp09/ This book, plus Bill Thompson's recent textbook on music cognition ("Music, Thought, and Feeling"), provide wonderful new resources for teaching and research in music cognition. Regards, Ani Patel President, SMPC http://www.musicperception.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aniruddh D. Patel, Ph.D. Esther J. Burnham Senior Fellow The Neurosciences Institute 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive San Diego, CA 92121 858-626-2085 tel 858-626-2099 fax apatel@xxxxxxxx http://www.nsi.edu/users/patel