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Sweet anticipation : music and the psychology of expectation

by David Huron

This book proposes a general psychological theory of expectation to explore how music evokes emotion. Examining five distinct response systems, it analyses how musical devices exploit psychological opportunities, offering insights for cognitive science and musicology.

Accession 7020 ISBN 9780262582780 Publisher MIT Press
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