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Stephen McAdams Ph.D.
Professeur, Département de Théorie de la musique, Ecole de musique Schulich, Université McGill
Chaire de recherche du Canada en Perception et cognition musicales
Schulich School of Music555 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal , Quebec H3A 1E3
Biographie
Prof. McAdams is interested in auditory perception and cognition in everyday and musical listening. Topics of particular interest include examining: 1) the mechanisms of auditory analysis of complex scenes with multiple sources of sound, 2) the perception of the timbre of musical instruments, 3) auditory psychomechanics or the perception, recognition and identification of vibrating objects in the environment, and 4) the perception of musical materials and forms, particularly in naturalistic conditions like sitting in a concert. The primary emphasis of the research is on psychophysical techniques capable of quantifying relations between the properties of vibrating objects, acoustic signals or complex messages and their perceptual results. A long-term goal is to provide empirical data that will allow the integration of lower- and higher-level auditory processes.


