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Q & A With Psychological Scientist Daniel Levitin (Part 2)
Below is part 2 of Levitin's Q & A: How important is household upbringing to preference of music? For instance, if someone is raised in a home where gospel music is constantly played, do they develop a liking for this genre of music? (Even if the genre of music is not popular for the time period.) We don't really know much about upbringing and genre-specific preferences, but we do know something about broader issues of tonality and musical syntax. There appears to be a critical period for acquiring musical syntax as there is for acquiring speech syntax.
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Virginia Psychological Association Fall Convention
The 2012 Virginia Psychological Association Fall Convention will be held October 24-26 in Wintergreen, VA. For more information visit http://www.vapsych.org/cde.cfm?event=312055
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VPA Spring Membership Meeting and Educational Conference
The 2012 Spring Membership Meeting and Educational Conference of the Virginia Psychological Association will be held April 25-27, 2012 in Norfolk, Virginia. For more information visit http://www.vapsych.org/cde.cfm?event=263299
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Western Psychological Association 2012 Convention
The Western Psychological Association 2012 Convention will be held April 26-29, 2012 in San Francisco, CA. For more information visit: http://www.westernpsych.org/convention/index.cfm
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2012 Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting
The 2012 Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting will be held March 22-24, 2012 in Savannah, GA. For more information visit: http://southernsociety.org/annualmeeting.htm
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Q & A With Psychological Scientist Daniel Levitin (Part 1)
Daniel Levitin, a prominent psychological scientist, musician, author and producer, will be speaking at the 24th Annual APS Convention in Chicago this May as part of the Music, Mind, and Brain Theme Program. We invited Twitter and Facebook followers to ask Levitin questions based on his background and research in music and psychology. Here is what Levitin had to say... You've played in rock bands, and you've pioneered the academic study of music. Does music shape your intellectual work, or vice versa? Can you give an example of this? Well first, I'd like to say that as much as I appreciate the compliment, I'm really not a pioneer in the academic study of music.
