Cognitive Psychology and Music

This 60 minutes builds upon the two previous episodes which introduced variable conceptions of, firstly, sound, and secondarily, the ear and the auditory brain. We will now move deeper into human consciousness and explore the internal mental representation of external sonic phenomena. The work of Roger Shepard, after whom the sonic illusion of the Shepard tone is named, is central to the themes and scope of this episode. Cognitive scientist, author and artist in his own right, his universal law of generalisation and his association with Max Mathews at Bell Labs from the late 1950’s, suggests that the scope of his interests encapsulate well the range of issues associated with this week’s topic.

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Join us for a journey through musical illusion, subjective experience of psychoacoustic listening scenarios and explore your incredible, imperfect auditory system.

This series considers your computer as psychoactive audio-visual delivery system: one that can transform your domestic and / mobile environment using sound and light. We will be walking an experimental path where the Zoom presentation format will be explored as a new domain of ambient sensory experience, critical discourse and collective experience.