Topics in the field include the following and others:
* A listener’s perception of grouping structure (motives, phrases, sections, etc.)
* Rhythm and meter (perception and production)
* Key inference
* Expectation (including melodic expectation).
* Musical similarity
* Emotional, affective, or arousal response
* Expressive, musical performance
Some aspects of cognitive music theory describe how sound is perceived by a listener. While the study of human interpretations of sound is called psychoacoustics, the cognitive aspects of how listeners interpret sounds as musical events is commonly known as music cognition.
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