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Sweet Anticipation

By David Huron

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Sweet Anticipation

By David Huron

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
480
Release Date:
2008-01-25
Publication Date:
2008-01-25
Publisher:
MIT Press Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0262582783
ISBN13:
9780262582780
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
717 g
Height:
179 cm
Width:
227 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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