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The objectives of the Society

The Society for Music Perception and Cognition is a not-for-profit organization for researchers and others interested in music perception and cognition. The objectives of SMPC are:

• to further the scientific and scholarly understanding of music from a broad range of disciplines, including music theory, psychology, psychophysics, linguistics, neurology, neurophysiology, ethology, ethnomusicology, artificial intelligence, computer technology, physics and engineering;
• to facilitate cooperation among scholars and scientists who are engaged in research in this interdisciplinary field; and
• to advance education and public understanding of knowledge gained.

The activities of the Society

The Society hosts biennial Conferences to present new research in the area of music cognition. Past meetings have been held in a variety of cities, hosted by different institutions. In addition, SMPC cooperates with other organizations in music cognition to host international conferences. SMPC 2001 held from August 9th to 11th at Queen's University.