Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation by Huron, David
Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation by Huron, David

Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation

The psychological theory of expectation that David Huron proposes in Sweet Anticipation grew out of the author's...
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Author: David Huron
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Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation by Huron, David

Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation

$102.87
Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation by Huron, David

Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation

$102.87
Author: David Huron
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
The psychological theory of expectation that David Huron proposes in Sweet Anticipation grew out of the author's experimental efforts to understand how music evokes emotions. These efforts evolved into a general theory of expectation that will prove informative to readers interested in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology as well as those interested in music. The book describes a set of psychological mechanisms and illustrates how these mechanisms work in the case of music. All examples of notated music can be heard on the Web.

Huron proposes that emotions evoked by expectation involve five functionally distinct response systems: reaction responses (which engage defensive reflexes); tension responses (where uncertainty leads to stress); prediction responses (which reward accurate prediction); imagination responses (which facilitate deferred gratification); and appraisal responses (which occur after conscious thought is engaged). For real-world events, these five response systems typically produce a complex mixture of feelings. The book identifies some of the aesthetic possibilities afforded by expectation, and shows how common musical devices (such as syncopation, cadence, meter, tonality, and climax) exploit the psychological opportunities. The theory also provides new insights into the physiological psychology of awe, laughter, and spine-tingling chills. Huron traces the psychology of expectations from the patterns of the physical/cultural world through imperfectly learned heuristics used to predict that world to the phenomenal qualia we experienced as we apprehend the world.



Author: David Huron
Publisher: Bradford Book
Published: 03/01/2008
Pages: 474
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.94w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780262582780
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Huron, David: - David Huron is Distinguished Professor in the School of Music and in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the Ohio State University; he is author of Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation (MIT Press).
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