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ScottFruehwald
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- How the brain perceives and processes music; Haydn; Ravel.
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To Nate: Like most scientific theories, universal grammar has its critics. However, fMRI sudies support that language is domain specfic (located in a specific part of the brain), rather than domain general.
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I have a Ph.D. in musicology from CUNY. My research areas in the law include cognitive science and the law. My work in that area is also relevant to music.
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To Nancy. Zuckerkandl, who died in 1965, was a musicologist, not a scientist. In other words, his ideas about sound and symbol are speculation. Cognitive scientists have shown that individuals process music in a particular way, just like individu…
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Jason, You are correct that I posted this to a repository. I would like to note that the studies I cited that concluded that Schenker's theories reflect how the brain perceives and processes music were peer reviewed.
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