Musical Cognition: A Science of Listening
“[A] well-written and accessible introductory text that avoids technical jargon whilst encapsulating the main cognitive processes of music. One of the key messages that resonate throughout this book is how music is experienced within the mind. Although music is capable of manipulating our emotions, memories, and perceptions, we often fail to appreciate the active and subjective role that our minds play in listening to it.Musical Cognitionalso challenges conceptions regarding what it truly means to be ‘musical’, using recent evidence to persuasively demonstrate just how ‘musical we all really are… [R]efreshing, engaging, enlightening and, most importantly, intelligible by all.”—Karima Susi,The Psychologist“An intriguing study of consciousness and the things that we listen to every day of our lives,Musical Cognitionis a fascinating read, an excellent addition to music or psychology community and college library collections.”—Library Bookwatch“Honing’s volume… does something more of us in academe ought do: it summarizes his research for a lay audience and tries to show both (a) just what this research is about, and (b) why it is interesting and important.”—Justin London,Psychomusicology: Music, Mind & Brain“Honing demonstrates that ordinary listeners, whether children or adults, are a lot more musically savvy than they think they are.”—Sandra Trehub, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto at Mississauga“A graceful and precise introduction into the intricacy of what ordinary humans manage to learn about music, naturally and automatically, just by listening.”  —Gary Marcus, Professor of Psychology, New York University andAuthor of Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of The Human Mind