MUTH 317 - Music and Embodied Cognition

Next Offered: Fall 2016
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

This course explores the relationship between musical experience and conceptualization. Starting from basic embodied experience, this course explores how music generates affect -how and why different works and styles have different feels-and how the experience and feel of music motivate and ground traditional and novel concepts. The approach is interdisciplinary, with readings drawn from: perception and cognition (general and musical); ancient and modern philosophy and music theory; human development (ontogenetic and phylogenetic); cognitive neuroscience; cognitive linguistics; and musicology, including gender issues pertaining to music. Written coursework includes 1) responses to readings, 2) brief analysis of works and styles, and 3) a term paper.
Enrollment Limit: 16
Instructor: A. Cox
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior standing and instructor consent.