Subject: Re: Difference between cognition and perception? From: Jorge Cardoso <jccardoso(at)PORTO.UCP.PT> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:43:35 +0100> >The reason for the dominance of the perception concept in > music is that here > >cognition is not needed. > > > > > > > No cognition at all? Though you cite strong evidence--I > agree, we have > no "Music Cognition" journal---the oracle (i.e. Google) suggests > something different:: > "music cognition" = 7,880 hits > "music perception" = 14,800 hits > > Thus we can safely conclude with regard to music that there > is a roughly > 2 to 1 ratio of perception to cognition. This may not seem like much > cognition at all. But consider the visual analog: > > "visual cognition"= 16,300 hits > "visual perception"= 216,000 hits Strange, I get very different 'googling' results (although I don't really know how reliable these are ;) : "music cognition" = 188,000 hits "music perception" = 1,090,000 hits Ratio = 5.80 "visual cognition"= 267,000 hits "visual perception"= 1,430,000 hits Ratio = 5.36 jc --- Jorge Cardoso <-> jorgecardoso(at)ieee.org Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes (CITAR) Univ. Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto Rua Diogo Botelho 1327 4169 - 005 Porto Portugal Tel: 226196200 Ext: 133 "Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't, you're absolutely right." - Henry Ford