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MU3050: MUSIC AND THE BRAIN (2019-2020)

Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58


Course Overview

This course is designed to enable students to understand and critically evaluate the factors involved in music perception and music performance from a neuroscientific perspective. 

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Frauke Jurgensen

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4
  • Either Music (MU) (Studied) or Psychology (PS) (Studied)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Course Content

  • Phylogenetic and onto-genetic development of music

  • Perception of music and computation of musical meaning

  • The role of motor control in music performance

  • Acquisition of music performance skills in terms of hand movement or voice control and mental practice

  • Musician's cramp: the loss of motor control in musicians

  • The peculiarities of the musician's brain as a window into neural plasticity brought about by extensive training

Main Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the basic concept of music perception;
  • identify key questions in experimental psychology, particularly, in music cognition;
  • display awareness of the relationships between psychoacoustics, musical phenomena, and musical practice;
  • examine the correlation between musical performance skills and mental practice;
  • understand the process of experimental design in psychoacoustic research.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
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Feedback

Students will be provided with qualitative feedback during the tutorials, as well as in the revision workshop.

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2x tutorial reports (20% each)

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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Feedback

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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resubmission of failed elements

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