Toward Extended Music Cognition: Commentary on Music and Cognitive Extension

Authors

  • Jakub Ryszard Matyja Polish Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v9i3-4.4450

Keywords:

music perception, extended cognition, music cognition, wide computationalism, musical affordances

Abstract

In his paper, Luke Kersten (2014) argues that since music cognition is part of a locationally wide computational system, it can be considered as an extended process. Overall I sympathize with Kersten’s (2014) view. However, in the present paper I underline those issues that need to be, in my opinion, developed in a more detailed and cautious way. Extended music perception is the idea that “it ain’t all in the head”, but rather involves the exploitation of non-neural body and musical environment. In order to push the debate further, I suggest situating Kersten’s views within a broader context of recent research, thus strengthening the theoretical importance of his proposal.

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Published

2015-01-05

How to Cite

Matyja, J. R. (2015). Toward Extended Music Cognition: Commentary on Music and Cognitive Extension. Empirical Musicology Review, 9(3-4), 203–207. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v9i3-4.4450