David Huron (born June 1, 1954) is a Canadian Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor at the

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, in both the School of Music and the Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences. His teaching and publications focus on the

psychology of music ''Psychology of Music'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of music psychology. The editor-in-chief is Alexandra Lamont (Keele University). It was established in 1973 and is published by SAGE Publications on be ...

and

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. In 2017, Huron was awarded the Society for Music Perception and Cognition Achievement Award.

Books

* Huron, D. (2016). ''Voice Leading: The Science behind a Musical Art''. MIT Press. * Huron, D. (2006). ''Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.Reviews of ''Sweet Anticipation'': * * * * * Huron, D. (1999). ''Music Research Using Humdrum: A User's Guide''. Stanford, California: Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities. * Huron, D. (1995). ''The Humdrum Toolkit: Reference Manual''. Menlo Park, California: Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities.

References

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