Music:Cognitive musicology
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_musicology
Cognitive musicology is a branch of Cognitive Science concerned with computationally modeling musical knowledge with the goal of understanding both music and cognition. [1] More broadly, it can be considered the set of all phenomena surrounding computational modeling of musical thought and action. [2] Cognitive musicology can be differentiated from the better known field of Music Cognition by a difference in methodological emphasis. Cognitive musicology uses **computer** modeling to study music-related knowledge representation and has roots in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. The use of computer models provides an exacting, interactive medium in which to formulate and test theories [3] This interdisciplinary field investigates topics such as the parallels between language and music in the brain. Biologically inspired models of computation are often included in research, such as neural networks and evolutionary programs. [4] This field seeks to model how musical knowledge is represented, stored, perceived, performed, and generated. By using a well-structured computer environment, the systematic structures of these cognitive phenomena can be investigated. [5]
