Neuroscientific Research
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Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Distinguishing Music from Non-Musical Sounds:
A Review of Psychological Studies
Imagine someone walking from town to town with a notebook, asking people to sing their favorite songs so he could write them down and save them forever. Well, that's exactly what Oskar Kolberg did starting in the 1830s. Kolberg traveled around Poland "recording" songs people sang in villages.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Distinguising Music from Non-Musical Sounds:
Psychological Evidence From Online Experiments Using Methods of Gamification and Citizen Science
Think of it like a giant music museum where you can listen to songs from all over the world — even ones recorded over 100 years ago! In the early 20th century, Carl Stumpf stood at the forefront of a new way to study music — not just as art, but as a window into human culture.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Computational Research
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Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Distinguishing Music from Non-Musical Sounds:
A Review of Psychological Studies
Imagine someone walking from town to town with a notebook, asking people to sing their favorite songs so he could write them down and save them forever. Well, that's exactly what Oskar Kolberg did starting in the 1830s. Kolberg traveled around Poland "recording" songs people sang in villages.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Distinguising Music from Non-Musical Sounds:
Psychological Evidence From Online Experiments Using Methods of Gamification and Citizen Science
Think of it like a giant music museum where you can listen to songs from all over the world — even ones recorded over 100 years ago! In the early 20th century, Carl Stumpf stood at the forefront of a new way to study music — not just as art, but as a window into human culture.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Publications
How do minds and brains distinguish music from other sounds?
Preprints
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Conceptual Boundaries of Music: A Behavioral Study of Cross-Cultural Sound Classification
Hsu Speck, C. Y. (2026). PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/huzpx_v4
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Conference Presentations
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Hsu Speck, C. Y. (2026, July). “What makes music music? A behavioral, computational and neuroscientific investigation.” Paper to be presented at the Society for Music Cognition and Perception Biennial Meeting, Evanston, IL.
Exploring three approaches to music cognition by asking, "What is music?"
My research aims to build foundational knowledge in music cognition through initial engagement with three core approaches to the field: psychology, neuroscience, and computation. Specifically, I explore how these approaches illuminate different facets of music cognition by examining how each sheds light on the question: What is music?
What is music?
From handwritten folk songs to global sound archives, the story of ethnomusicology is a journey through culture, technology, and human connection. Beginning in the 19th century with Oskar Kolberg’s documentation of Polish village music, scholars have sought to preserve and understand the world’s musical traditions. Innovations like Alexander Ellis’s pitch measurement system and Carl Stumpf’s early sound recordings laid the groundwork for modern research.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Behavioral Research
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Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Distinguishing Music from Non-Musical Sounds:
A Review of Psychological Studies
Imagine someone walking from town to town with a notebook, asking people to sing their favorite songs so he could write them down and save them forever. Well, that's exactly what Oskar Kolberg did starting in the 1830s. Kolberg traveled around Poland "recording" songs people sang in villages.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Distinguising Music from Non-Musical Sounds:
Psychological Evidence From Online Experiments Using Methods of Gamification and Citizen Science
Think of it like a giant music museum where you can listen to songs from all over the world — even ones recorded over 100 years ago! In the early 20th century, Carl Stumpf stood at the forefront of a new way to study music — not just as art, but as a window into human culture.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.
Fedorenko, E. 2021. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 40, 105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.023.