Embodied Cognition, Perception, and Performance in Music

In this response to Leman and Maes’s paper in this issue, we raise a couple of concerns about the authors’ particular approach to embodied music cognition, drawing selectively on their other writings to enrich our interpretation of this target article, while pointing to a few of the many other legit...

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Main Authors: Andrew Geeves, John Sutton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2015-05-01
Series:Empirical Musicology Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v9i3-4.4538
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spelling doaj-a28ff82dce134d2e9db5ebdf7ff578bb2020-11-25T02:23:56ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesEmpirical Musicology Review1559-57492015-05-0193-424725310.18061/emr.v9i3-4.4538Embodied Cognition, Perception, and Performance in MusicAndrew Geeves0John Sutton1Departments of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, AustraliaDepartment of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, AustraliaIn this response to Leman and Maes’s paper in this issue, we raise a couple of concerns about the authors’ particular approach to embodied music cognition, drawing selectively on their other writings to enrich our interpretation of this target article, while pointing to a few of the many other legitimate research paths that can also fall under this label. We explore two underlying dichotomies implicit in the research programme adumbrated by Leman and Maes – cognition/embodiment and perception/performance – and implications for their theory of embodied music cognition. We then examine research that has focussed on the perspective of the music performer.https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v9i3-4.4538embodied cognitionmusicmusic perceptionperformance
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author Andrew Geeves
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Embodied Cognition, Perception, and Performance in Music
Empirical Musicology Review
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music perception
performance
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title Embodied Cognition, Perception, and Performance in Music
title_short Embodied Cognition, Perception, and Performance in Music
title_full Embodied Cognition, Perception, and Performance in Music
title_fullStr Embodied Cognition, Perception, and Performance in Music
title_full_unstemmed Embodied Cognition, Perception, and Performance in Music
title_sort embodied cognition, perception, and performance in music
publisher The Ohio State University Libraries
series Empirical Musicology Review
issn 1559-5749
publishDate 2015-05-01
description In this response to Leman and Maes’s paper in this issue, we raise a couple of concerns about the authors’ particular approach to embodied music cognition, drawing selectively on their other writings to enrich our interpretation of this target article, while pointing to a few of the many other legitimate research paths that can also fall under this label. We explore two underlying dichotomies implicit in the research programme adumbrated by Leman and Maes – cognition/embodiment and perception/performance – and implications for their theory of embodied music cognition. We then examine research that has focussed on the perspective of the music performer.
topic embodied cognition
music
music perception
performance
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