Department of Psychology
University of Toronto Mississauga
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada L5L 1C6
905 828.5367
FAX: 905 569.4326
e-mail: g.schellenberg@utoronto.ca
CITIZENSHIP: Canadian
DATE OF BIRTH: September 4, 1957
ACADEMIC HISTORY
DEGREES
Ph.D., Cornell University, January, 1994
Dissertation: Effects of frequency ratio simplicity on the perception of tone patterns.
B.Sc. – High Distinction (Psychology major, Linguistics minor), University of Toronto, November, 1989.
EMPLOYMENT
1988-1989: Research Assistant, Psychology Department, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
1989-1992: Teaching Assistant (Statistics, Perception, Psychology of Sex Roles, Psychology and Law), Cornell University
Summer 1990: Research Assistant, Centre for Research in Human Development, University of Toronto
1992-1993: Teaching Assistant (Psycholinguistics), University of Toronto
1992-1993: Statistical Consultant, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
1993-1997: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Windsor
1997-1998: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University
1998-2004: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
2004-present: Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
2009 (Spring/Summer): Guest Professor, Free University Berlin
2011 (June): Instructor, Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap
(LOT) Summer School. Leuven, Belgium
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Ontario Graduate Scholarship 1989-1990 (declined).
Alex and Anna Beverly Memorial Fellowship (University College, University of Toronto) 1989-1990 ($5000)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Post-Graduate Scholarships 1990-1993 (approx. $15000/year)
Grant-In-Aid of Research from Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 1991 ($500 US).
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award, 1992 ($200 US).
University of Windsor Research Board, Research Grant, 1993-1994 ($400).
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Research Grant, 1994-1998 ($20000/year for 4 years).
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Equipment Grant, 1994 ($27,500).
University of Windsor Research Board, Research Grant, 1994-1995 ($500).
University of Windsor Research Board, Research Professor, 1995-1996 (full teaching relief, one semester).
National Health Research and Development Program, Research Grant (with B. Adam and A. Sears), 1996-1998 ($73000).
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Research Grant, 1998-2002 ($25000/year for 4 years)
International Foundation for Music Research, Research Grant, 2000-2003 ($223,500)
Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Research Grant (with S. Trehub) 2000-2005 ($78,200/year for 5 years)
Premier’s Research Excellence Award, 2002-2007 ($30000/year for 5 years)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Research Grant, 2002-2007 ($32000/year for 5 years)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Research Grant, 2004-2007
($33000/year for 3 years)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Research Grant, 2007-2013 ($31000/year for 6 years)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Research Grant, 2007-2011
($15000/year for 4 years)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Research Grant, 2011-2014
(2011: $38400, 2012: $45600, 2013: $45600)
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, 2012 – present
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Research Grant, 2013-2014 ($25000/year for 1 year)
Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association, 2014 – present
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Research Grant, 2014-2019 ($35000/year for 5 years)
Fellow, Psychonomic Society, 2015 – present
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL WORK
PUBLICATIONS (current and former students/post-docs are underlined)
Schellenberg, E.G., Wasylenki, D., Webster, C.D., & Goering, P. (1992). A review of arrests among psychiatric patients. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 15, 251-264.
Unyk, A.M., Trehub, S.E., Trainor, L.J., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1992). Lullabies and simplicity: A cross-cultural perspective. Psychology of Music, 20, 15-28.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1994). Frequency ratios and the perception of tone patterns. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1, 191-201.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1994). Frequency ratios and the discrimination of pure tone sequences. Perception & Psychophysics, 56, 472-478.
Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1995). Music: Its relevance to infants. Annals of Child Development, 11, 1-24.
Schellenberg, E.G., Keil, J.M., & Bem, S.L. (1995). “Innocent victims” of AIDS: Detecting the subtext. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 1790-1800.
Schellenberg, E.G. (1996). Expectancy in melody: Tests of the implication-realization model. Cognition, 58, 75-125.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1996). Children’s discrimination of melodic intervals. Developmental Psychology, 32, 1039-1050.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trainor, L.J. (1996). Sensory consonance and the perceptual similarity of complex-tone harmonic intervals: Tests of adult and infant listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 100, 3321-3328.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1996). Natural musical intervals: Evidence from infant listeners. Psychological Science, 7, 272-277.
Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Hill, D.S. (1997). The origins of music perception and cognition: A developmental perspective. In I. Deliège & J.A. Sloboda (Eds.), Perception and cognition of music (pp. 96-120). Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.
Schellenberg, E.G. (1997). Simplifying the implication-realization model of melodic expectancy. Music Perception, 14, 295-318.
Campbell, B., Schellenberg, E.G., & Senn, C.Y. (1997). Evaluating measures of contemporary sexism. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21, 89-102.
McKinnon, M.C., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1997). A left-ear advantage for forced-choice judgements of melodic contour. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 51, 171-175.
Schellenberg, E.G. (1997). Review of I. Deliège and J.A. Sloboda (Eds.), Musical beginnings: Origins and development of musical competence. Music Perception, 15, 223-227.
Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1998). Cultural determinism is no better than biological determinism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 21, 427-428.
Keil, J.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1998). Compensating people with AIDS: A different perspective. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 30, 82-90.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Bem, S.L. (1998). Blaming people with AIDS: Who deserves to be sick? Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 3, 65-80.
Schellenberg, E.G., Hirt, J., & Sears, A. (1999). Attitudes toward homosexuals among students at a Canadian university. Sex Roles, 40, 139-152.
Nantais, K.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1999). The Mozart effect: An artifact of preference? Psychological Science, 10, 370-373.
Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Kamenetsky, S.B. (1999). Infants’ and adults’ perception of scale structure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 25, 965-975.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1999). Culture-general and culture-specific factors in the discrimination of melodies. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 74, 107-127.
Don, A.J., Schellenberg, E.G., & Rourke, B.P. (1999). Music and language skills of children with Williams syndrome. Child Neuropsychology, 5, 154-170.
Schellenberg, E.G., Iverson, P., & McKinnon, M.C. (1999). Name that tune: Identifying popular recordings from brief excerpts. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 6, 641-646.
Adam, B.D., Sears, A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2000). Accounting for unsafe sex: Interviews with men who have sex with men. Journal of Sex Research, 37, 24-36.
Schellenberg, E.G., Krysciak, A., & Campbell, R.J. (2000). Perceiving emotion in melody: Interactive effects of pitch and rhythm. Music Perception, 18, 155-171.
Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. (2001). Arousal, mood, and the Mozart effect. Psychological Science, 12, 248-251.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2001). Music and nonmusical abilities. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 930, 355-371.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2001). Asymmetries in the discrimination of musical intervals: Going out-of-tune is more noticeable than going in-tune. Music Perception, 19, 223-248.
Adam, B.D., Sears, A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2001). Men who have sex with other men. In B. A. Jacobs (Ed.) Investigating deviance: An anthology. Los Angeles: Roxbury. [Reprinted from Adam, Sears, & Schellenberg (2000). Accounting for unsafe sex: Interviews with men who have sex with men. Journal of Sex Research, 37, 24-36.]
Thompson, W.F., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2002). Cognitive constraints on music listening. In R. Colwell & C. Richardson (Eds.), The new handbook of research on music teaching and learning (pp. 461-486). New York: Oxford University Press.
Schellenberg, E.G., Adachi, M., Purdy, K.T., & McKinnon, M.C. (2002). Expectancy in melody: Tests of children and adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131, 511-537.
Husain, G., Thompson, W.F., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2002). Effects of musical tempo and mode on arousal, mood, and spatial abilities. Music Perception, 20, 149-169.
Don, A.J., Schellenberg, E.G., Reber, A.S., DiGirolamo, K.M., Wang, P.P. (2003). Implicit learning in children and adults with Williams syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology, 23, 203-225.
Mantler, J., Schellenberg, E.G., & Page, J. S. (2003). Attributions for serious illness: Are controllability, responsibility, and blame different constructs? Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 35, 142-152.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (2003). Good pitch memory is widespread. Psychological Science, 14, 262-266.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2003). Does exposure to music have beneficial side effects? In I. Peretz & R.J. Zatorre (Eds.), The cognitive neuroscience of music (pp. 430-448). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2003). Benefits of music lessons. Bulletin of Psychology and the Arts, 4, 12-13.
Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. (2003). Perceiving prosody in speech: Effects of music lessons. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 999, 530-532.
Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. (2004). Decoding speech prosody: Do music lessons help? Emotion, 4, 46-64.
Szpunar, K.K., Schellenberg, E.G., & Pliner, P. (2004). Liking and memory for musical stimuli as a function of exposure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30, 370-381.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2004). Music lessons enhance IQ. Psychological Science, 15, 511-514.
Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Papsin, B. (2004). Music recognition by children with cochlear implants. International Congress Series, 1273, 193-196.
Nakata, T., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2004). Cross-cultural perspectives on pitch memory. Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics, IV, 2729-2732.
Nakata, T., Trehub, S.E., Mitani, C., Kanda, Y., Shibasaki, A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2005). Music recognition by Japanese children with cochlear implants. Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science, 24, 29-32.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2005). Music and cognitive abilities. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 322-325.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Hallam, S. (2005). Music listening and cognitive abilities in 10- and 11-year-olds: The Blur effect. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1060, 202-209.
Thompson, W.F., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2006). Cognitive bases of music listening. In R. Colwell (Ed.), MENC handbook of musical cognition and development (pp. 72-123). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2006). Exposure to music: The truth about the consequences. In G.E. McPherson (Ed.), The child as musician: A handbook of musical development (pp. 111-134). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Volkova, A., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2006). Infants’ memory for musical performances. Developmental Science, 9, 583-589.
Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2006). Song recognition by children and adolescents with cochlear implants. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 1091-1103.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2005/2006). Music lessons enhance IQ: A reply to Black (2005) and Steele (2005). Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 4 (2), 10-13.
Schellenberg, E.G., Nakata, T., Hunter, P.G., & Tamoto, S. (2007). Exposure to music and cognitive performance: Tests of children and adults. Psychology of Music, 35, 5-19.
Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Schimmack, U. (2008). Mixed affective responses to music with conflicting cues. Cognition and Emotion, 22, 327-352.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (2008). Is there an Asian advantage for pitch memory? Music Perception, 25, 241-252.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Peretz, I. (2008). Music, language, and cognition: Unresolved issues. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12, 45-46.
Hannon, E.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2008). Frühe entwicklund von musik und sprache [Early development of music and speech]. In H.Bruhn, R. Kopiez, & A.C. Lehmann (Eds.), Musikpsychologie: Das neue handbuch [Psychology of music: The new handbook] (pp. 131-143). Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany: Rowohlt Verlag.
Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Nakata, T. (2008). Cross-cultural perspectives on pitch memory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 100, 40-52.
Stalinski. S.M., Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (2008). Developmental changes in the perception of pitch contour: Distinguishing up from down. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124, 1759-1763.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2008). The role of exposure in emotional responses to music. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 594-595.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2008). By-products of music lessons: Commentary on Tierney, Bergeson, and Pisoni (2008). Empirical Musicology Review, 3, 205-207.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2008). Music lessons enhance IQ. Mensa Research Journal, 39(3), 35-39. [Reprinted from Schellenberg, E.G. (2004). Music lessons enhance IQ. Psychological Science, 15, 511-514.]
Hopyan, T., Schellenberg, E.G., & Dennis, M. (2009). Perception of strong- and weak-meter rhythms in children with spina bifida meningomyelocele. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 521-528.
Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2009). Identification of TV tunes by children with cochlear implants. Music Perception, 27, 17-24.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2009). Music training and nonmusical abilities: Commentary on Stoesz, Jakobson, Kilgour, and Lewycky (2007) and Jakobson, Lewycky, Kilgour, and Stoesz (2008). Music Perception, 27, 139-143.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2009). Musikunterricht, geistige Fähigkeiten und Sozialkompetenzen: Schlussfolgerungen und Unklarheiten [Music lessons, intellectual abilities, and social skills: Conclusions and confusions] (pp. 114-124). In Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Ed.), Pauken mit Trompeten? Lassen sich Lernstrategien, Lernmotivation und soziale Kompetenzen durch Musikunterricht fördern? [Drilling with trumpets? Is it possible to enhance learning strategies, learning motivation and social competence with music lessons?] Bonn/Berlin: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung.
Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Schimmack, U. (2010). Feelings and perceptions of happiness and sadness induced by music: Similarities, differences, and mixed emotions. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 4, 47-56.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Moreno, S. (2010). Music lessons, pitch processing, and g. Psychology of Music, 38, 209-221.
Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., Van Lieshout, P., & Papsin, B.C. (2010). Children with cochlear implants recognize their mother’s voice. Ear and Hearing, 31, 555-566.
Hunter, P.G., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2010). Music and emotion. In M.R. Jones, R.R. Fay, & A.N. Popper (Eds.), Music perception (pp. 129-164). New York:Springer.
Vanzella, P., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2010). Absolute pitch: Effects of timbre on note-naming ability. PLoS ONE, 5, e15449. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015449
Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2010). Shifting perceptions: Developmental changes in judgments of melodic similarity. Developmental Psychology, 46, 1799-1803.
Hunter, P.G., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Interactive effects of personality and frequency of exposure on liking for music. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 175-179.
Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Stalinski, S.M. (2011). Liking and identifying emotionally expressive music: Age and gender differences. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 110, 80-93.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Examining the association between music lessons and intelligence. British Journal of Psychology, 102, 283-302.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Music lessons and intelligence: Reply to commentaries. British Journal of Psychology, 102, 309-312.
Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Griffith, A.T. (2011). Misery loves company: Mood-congruent emotional responding to music. Emotion, 11, 1068-1072.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Music lessons, emotional intelligence, and IQ. Music Perception, 29, 185-194.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Winner, E. (2011). Music training and nonmusical abilities: Introduction. Music Perception, 29, 129-132.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Winner, E. (Eds., 2011). Music training and nonmusical abilities. Special issue of Music Perception, 29, 129-235.
Moreno, S., Bialystok, E., Barac, R., Schellenberg, E.G., Cepeda, N.J., & Chau, T. (2011). Short-term music training enhances verbal intelligence and executive function. Psychological Science, 22, 1425-1433.
Weiss, M.W., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2011). Augmenting cognition with music. In I. Segev & H. Markram (Eds.), Augmenting cognition (pp. 103-125). Lausanne, Switzerland: EPFL Press.
Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & van Lieshout, P. (2012). Age-related changes in talker recognition with reduced spectral cues. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131,501-508.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2012). Cognitive performance after music listening: A review of the Mozart effect. In R.A.R. MacDonald, G. Kreutz, & L. Mitchell (Eds.), Music, health, and wellbeing (pp. 324-338). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Ladinig, O., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2012). Liking unfamiliar music: Effects of felt emotion and individual differences. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 6, 146-154.
Schellenberg, E.G., & von Scheve, C. (2012). Emotional cues in American popular music: Five decades of the Top 40. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 6, 196-203.
Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Letnic, A.K. (2012). Fast and loud background music hinders reading comprehension. Psychology of Music, 40, 700-708.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Mankarious, M. (2012). Music training and emotion comprehension in childhood. Emotion, 12, 887-891.
Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2012). Music cognition: A developmental perspective. Topics in Cognitive Science, 4, 485-497.
Weiss, M.W., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2012). Something in the way she sings: Enhanced memory for vocal melodies. Psychological Science, 23, 1074-1078.
Schellenberg, E.G., Corrigall, K.A., Ladinig, O., & Huron, D. (2012). Changing the tune: Listeners like music that expresses a contrasting emotion. Frontiers in Psychology, 3: 574. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00574
Kalender, B., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2013). Cross-cultural differences in meter perception. Psychological Research, 77, 196-203.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Weiss, M.W. (2013). Music and cognitive abilities. In D. Deutsch (Ed.), The psychology of music (3rd ed., pp. 499-550). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Volkova, A., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., Papsin, B.C., & Gordon, K.A. (2013). Children with bilateral cochlear implants identify emotion in speech and music. Cochlear Implants International, 14, 80-91.
Corrigall, K.A., Schellenberg, E.G., & Misura, N.M. (2013). Music training, cognition, and personality. Frontiers in Psychology, 4: 222. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00222
Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2013). Listeners remember music they like. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 39, 700-716.
Corrigall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2013). Music: The language of emotion. In C. Mohiyeddini, M. Eysenck, & S. Bauer (Eds.) Handbook of psychology of emotions: Recent theoretical perspectives and novel empirical findings (Vol. 2; pp. 299-325). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Schellenberg, E.G., Stalinski, S.M., & Marks, B.M. (2014). Memory for surface features of unfamiliar melodies: Independent effects of changes in pitch and tempo. Psychological Research, 78, 84-95.
Van Heugten, M., Volkova, A., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2014). Children’s recognition of spectrally degraded cartoon voices. Ear and Hearing, 35, 118-125.
Volkova, A., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., Papsin, B.C., & Gordon, K.A. (2014). Children’s identification of familiar songs from pitch and timing cues. Frontiers in Psychology, 5: 863. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00863
Schellenberg, E.G. (2014). Intelligence. In W.F. Thompson (Ed.), Music in the social and behavioral sciences: An encyclopedia (pp. 620-624). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2014). Mozart effect. In W.F. Thompson (Ed.), Music in the social and behavioral sciences: An encyclopedia (pp.717-718). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2014). Arts education, academic achievement and cognitive ability. In P.P.L. Tinio & J.K. Smith (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of the psychology of aesthetics and the arts (pp. 364-384). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Weiss, M.W., Schellenberg, E.G., Trehub, S.E., & Dawber, E. J. (2015). Enhanced processing of vocal melodies in childhood. Developmental Psychology, 51, 370-377.
Corrigall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2015). Predicting who takes music lessons: Parent and child characteristics. Frontiers in Psychology, 6: 282. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00282
Corrigall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2015) Liking music: Genres, contextual factors, and individual differences. In J.P. Huston, M. Nadal, F. Mora, L.F. Agnati, & C.J. Cela-Conde (Eds.), Art, aesthetics, and the brain (pp. 263-284). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199670000.003.0013
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2015). Current emotion research in music psychology. Emotion Review, 7, 189-197. doi: 10.1177/1754073914558282
Schellenberg, E.G. (2015). Music training and speech perception: A gene-environment interaction. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1337, 170-177. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12627
Weiss, M.W., Vanzella, P., Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (2015). Pianists exhibit enhanced memory for vocal melodies but not piano melodies. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68, 866-877. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1020818
Schellenberg, E.G., & Habashi, P. (2015). Remembering the tune and timbre, forgetting the key and tempo. Memory & Cognition, 43, 1021-1031. doi: 10.3758/s13421-015-0519-1
Nazarov, A., Frewen, P., Oremuc, C. Schellenberg E.G., McKinnon, M.C., & Lanius, R. (2015). Comprehension of affective prosody in women with post-traumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 131, 342-349. doi: 10.1111/acps.12364
Schellenberg, E.G., Corrigall, K.A., Dys, S.P., & Malti, T. (2015). Group music training and children’s prosocial skills. PLoS ONE, 10(10): e0141449. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141449
Schellenberg, E.G. (2016). Music and nonmusical abilities. In G.E. McPherson (Ed.), The child as musician: A handbook of musical development (2nd ed., pp. 149-176). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744443.003.0008
Corrigall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2016). Music cognition in childhood. In G.E. McPherson (Ed.), The child as musician: A handbook of musical development (2nd ed., pp. 81-101). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744443.003.0005
Saindon, M.R., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & van Lieshout, P. (2016). Children’s identification of questions from rising terminal pitch. Journal of Child Language, 43, 1174-1191. doi: 10.1017/ S0305000915000458
Schellenberg, E.G. (2016). Music training and nonmusical abilities. In S. Hallam, I. Cross, & M. Thaut (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of music psychology (2nd ed., pp. 415-429). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198722946.013.28
Weiss, M.W., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Habachi, P. (2016). Pupils dilate for vocal or familiar melodies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42, 1061-1065. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000226
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2016). Music training. In T. Strobach & J. Karbach (Eds.), Cognitive training: An overview of features and applications (pp. 137-144). New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-42662-4_13
Weiss, M.W., Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (2017). Generality of the memory advantage for vocal melodies. Music Perception, 34, 313-318. doi: 10.1525/MP.2017.34.3.313
Dys, S.P., Schellenberg, E.G., & McLean, K.C. (2017). Musical identities, music preferences, and individual differences. In R. MacDonald, D. J. Hargreaves, & D. Miell (Eds.), Handbook of musical identities (pp. 247-266). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Saindon, M.R., Cirelli, L.K., Schellenberg, E.G., van Lieshout, P., & Trehub, S.E. (2017). Children’s and adults’ perception of questions and statements from terminal fundamental frequency contours. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141, 3123-3131. doi: 10.1121/1.4982043
Saindon, M.R., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & van Lieshout, P.H.H.M. (2017). When is a question a question for children and adults? Advance online publication. Language Learning and Development, 13, 274-285. doi: 10.1080/15475441.2016.1252681
Andrade, P.E., Vanzella, P., Andrade, O.V.C.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2017). Associating emotions with Wagner’s music: A developmental perspective. Psychology of Music, 45, 752-760. doi: 10.1177/0305735616678056
Schellenberg, E.G., Poon, J., & Weiss, M.W. (2017). Memory for melody and key in childhood. PLoS ONE, 12(10): e0187115. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187115
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2017). Musical competence and phoneme perception in a foreign language. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24. 1929-1934. doi: 10.3758/s13423-017-1244-5
Swaminathan,
S., Schellenberg, E.G., & Khalil, S.
(2017). Revisiting the association between music lessons and intelligence:
Training effects or music aptitude? Intelligence,
62, 119-124.
doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2017.03.005
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2018). Musical competence is predicted by music training, cognitive abilities, and personality. Scientific Reports, 8, 9223. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27571-2
Swaminathan, S., Schellenberg, E.G., & Venkatesan, K. (2018). Explaining the association between music training and reading in adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 44, 992-999. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000493
Schellenberg, E.G. (2019). Music training, music aptitude, and speech perception. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 116, 2783-2784. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821109116
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2019). Music training and cognitive abilities: Associations, causes, and consequences. In M.H. Thaut & D.A. Hodges (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of music and the brain(pp. 645-670). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198804123.013.26
Weiss, M.W., Schellenberg, E.G., Peng. C., & Trehub, S.E. (2019). Contextual distinctiveness affects the memory advantage for vocal melodies. Auditory Perception and Cognition, 2, 47-66. doi: 10.1080/25742442.2019.1642078
Schellenberg, E.G., Weiss, M.W., Peng. C., & Alam, S. (2019). Fine-grained implicit memory for key and tempo. Music and Science, 2, 1-14. doi: 10.1177/2059204319857198
Advance online publications:
Schellenberg, E.G. (2019). Correlation = causation? Music training, psychology, and neuroscience. Advance online publication. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. doi: 10.1037/aca0000263
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2019). Musical ability, music training, and language ability in childhood. Advance online publication. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000798
Manuscripts in press:
Schellenberg, E.G. (2019). Music training, individual differences, and plasticity. In M.S.C. Thomas, D. Mareschal, & I. Dumontheil (Eds.), Educational neuroscience: Development across the lifespan. London: Psychology Press.
Manuscripts under review:
Correia, A.I., Castro, S.L., MacGregor, C., Müllensiefen, D., Schellenberg, E.G., & Lima, C.F. (under review). Enhanced recognition of vocal emotion in individuals with naturally good musical abilities. Emotion.
Lee, Y. S., Ahn, S., Holt, R. F., & Schellenberg, E. G. (under revision). Rhythm and syntax processing in school-age children. Developmental Psychology.
PRESENTATIONS
Krumhansl, C.L., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1990, September). An empirical test of the implication-realization model. Paper presented at the Music and the Cognitive Sciences Conference, Cambridge, UK.
Krumhansl, C.L., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1990, November). Testing the implication-realization theory of melody. Paper presented at the Psychonomics Conference, New Orleans.
Unyk, A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1991, April). Lullaby form and function across cultures. In S.E. Trehub (Chair), Music perception in infancy: Parallels with speech perception. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Krumhansl, C.L. (1991, June). Testing the implication-realization model cross-culturally. In S.E. Trehub (Chair), Cross cultural perspectives on music perception. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.
Krumhansl, C.L., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1991, November). General principles of musical expectancy in the implication-realization model. Paper presented at the Psychonomics Conference, San Francisco.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Bem, S.L. (1992, August). Blaming people with AIDS: Who deserves to be sick? Paper presented at the convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1993, May). Processing advantages for sequential pure tones related by small integer frequency ratios. Paper presented at the meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, ON.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1993, June). Discrimination of changes to sequential pure tone sequences: Effects of frequency ratio simplicity. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Philadelphia.
Schellenberg, E.G. (1994, July). The implication-realization model: Suggestions for revisions. Paper presented at theThird International Conference for the Perception and Cognition of Music. Liège, Belgium.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1994, July). Processing advantages for simple frequency ratios: Evidence from young children. Paper presented at theThird International Conference for the Perception and Cognition of Music. Liège, Belgium.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1994, July). Perceptual processing predispositions: Data and speculation. Paper presented at theThird International Conference for the Perception and Cognition of Music. Liège, Belgium.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1995, March/April). Processing predispositions for simple frequency ratios: Evidence from infant listeners. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis.
Henderson, J.L., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1995, March/April). Infant-directed music: Insights from native North American lullabies. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis.
Schellenberg, E.G. (1996, March). Expectancy in melody. Colloquium, McMaster University.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trainor, L.J. (1996, April). Consonance and the perceptual similarity of simultaneous complex tones. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI.
Don, A., Schellenberg, E.G., & Rourke, B.P. (1996, June). Auditory pattern perception in children with Williams Syndrome: Preliminary findings. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
Don, A., Schellenberg, E.G., & Rourke, B.P. (1996, July). Auditory pattern perception in children with Williams Syndrome: Preliminary findings. Paper presented at the 7th International Professional Conference on Williams Syndrome, Philadelphia.
Keil, J.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1996, August). Compensating people with AIDS: Holding governments accountable for inaction. Paper presented at the convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto.
McKinnon, M.C., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1996, August). Forced-choice judgments of melodic contour: A left-ear advantage. Paper presented at the convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto.
Schellenberg, E.G., & McKinnon, M.C. (1996, August). Melodic expectancy: A comparison of adults and children. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Montréal.
Schellenberg, E.G. (1996, August). Perceptual similarities of harmonic pure-tone intervals. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Montréal.
Vincent G., Towson, S., Schellenberg, E.G., & Kral, M. (1996, October). Assisted suicide: Red flags for policy makers. Paper presented at the conference of the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, Toronto.
Schellenberg, E.G. & Kamenetsky, S.B. (1997, April). Processing advantages for unequal-interval scales in infancy. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.
Schellenberg, E.G. (1997, May). Instant identification of popular songs. Colloquium, University of Toronto at Scarborough.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (1998, April). Developmental issues in melody discrimination. Paper presented at the International Conference for Infant Studies, Atlanta.
Schellenberg, E.G. (1998, July). Psychological constraints on musical structures. In D. Levitin (Chair), Music cognition and psychology. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Cognitive Sciences and Interdisciplinary Learning, Hood River, OR.
Nantais, K.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (1998, August). Exposure to music and spatial-temporal skills: Is there an effect? Paper presented at the convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Adachi, M. (1999, April). Children’s melodic expectancies. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
Schellenberg, E.G. (1999, November). Are “perfect fifths” perceptual magnets or anchors? Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Los Angeles.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2000, February). Universals in music perception. Invited colloquium. Reed College, Portland, OR.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2000, February). Pop music, pop culture, and psychology. Invited colloquium. Reed College, Portland, OR.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2000, March). Memory for conventional and unconventional melodies: A developmental perspective. In E.G. Schellenberg (Chair), Play it again Sam: Memory for music. Invited symposium conducted at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2000, April). Music and nonmusical abilities. Invited paper presented at the New York Academy of Sciences.
Mantler, J., Schellenberg, E.G., Page, J.S., & van der Pligt, J. (2000, June). Canadians’ and Netherlanders’ responses to people with AIDS. Paper presented at the convention of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis.
Mantler, J., Schellenberg, E.G., & Page, J.S. (2000, June/July). Testing Weiner’s model of social motivation. Paper presented at the convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa.
Trehub, S.E., Schneider, B.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2000, July). Detection of gaps in brief 2000-Hz signals. Paper presented at the International Conference for Infant Studies, Brighton, UK.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Purdy, K.T. (2000, August). Melodic expectancies in 7- and 8-year-olds. Paper presented at the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Keele, UK.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2000, August). The distance and ratio model of pitch perception. Paper presented at the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Keele, UK.
Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. (2000, November). The Mozart effect: An artifact of mood and preference. Paper presented at Toronto 2000: Musical Intersections, Toronto.
Schellenberg, E.G., & McKinnon, M.C. (2000, November). Identifying popular recordings from brief excerpts: “Name that tune” revisited. Paper presented at Toronto 2000: Musical Intersections, Toronto.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (2000, November). Children’s memory for familiar music. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2001, April). Becoming an enculturated music listener. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2001, August). Music lessons and intellectual development: A correlational study. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Kingston, Canada.
Husain, G., Thompson, W.F., & Schellenberg, E.G. (2001, August). Arousal, mood, and the “Mozart effect”: Effects of tempo and mood. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Kingston, Canada.
Schellenberg, E.G., Trehub, S.E., & Stockdale, K.C. (2001, November). Absolute pitch is widespread. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando.
Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Husain, G. (2002, October). Decoding speech prosody: Do music lessons help? Paper presented at The Neurosciences of Music, Venice, Italy.
Hopyan, T., Schellenberg, E.G., & Dennis, M. (2002, October). Pitch and rhythm perception in children with spina bifida. Paper presented at The Neurosciences of Music, Venice, Italy.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Noda, T. (2002, November). Musical training and pitch perception. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Kansas City.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2003, February). Music and cognition: Cognition and music. Invited colloquium, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney.
Hopyan-Misakyan, T., Schellenberg, E.G., & Dennis, M. (2003, February). Perception of rhythms with a strong or weak metric structure in children with spina bifada. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Honolulu.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2003, March). Cognition and music: Reciprocal influences. Invited colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2003, March). Cognition and music: Reciprocal influences. Invited colloquium, School of Music and Music Education, University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2003, March). Cognition and music: Reciprocal influences. Invited colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Sydney.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2003, April). Music and speech perception in childhood. Invited paper presented at the Human Frontier Science Program Workshop on Music and Language, Sydney.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2003, April). Conventional and unconventional musical patterns: Asymmetries in discrimination. Paper presented at the 30th Australasian Conference of the Experimental Psychology Society, Sydney.
Szpunar, K.K., Schellenberg, E.G., & Pliner, P. (2003, June). Liking and memory for musical stimuli: Associations and dissociations with recognition. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Las Vegas, NV.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2003, August). Music lessons and intelligence. In E.G. Schellenberg (Chair), Cognitive ramifications of music listening and music lessons. Invited symposium conducted at the convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto.
Schellenberg, E.G. (2003, September). Music listening and music lessons: Ramifications for cognition. Invited colloquium, Speech Perception Laboratory, Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Schellenberg, E.G., Szpunar, K.K., & Pliner, P. (2003, November). Memory and liking for music as a function of exposure frequency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, BC.
Schellenberg, E.G., Trehub, S.E., & Nakata, T. (2003, November). Musical pitch memory: Developmental and cross-cultural perspectives.Paper presented at the 2nd Auditory, Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
Nakata, T., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2004). Cross-cultural perspectives on pitch memory. Paper presented at the 18th International Congress on Acoustics. Kyoto, Japan.
Volkova, A., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg E.G. (May, 2004). Memory for pitch information in songs. In S.E. Trehub (Chair), Music and mind: Perspectives from infants. Symposium conducted at the International Conference for Infant Studies, Chicago.
Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Papsin, B. (May, 2004). Music recognition by children with implants. Paper presented at the 8th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Indianapolis.
Vieillard, S., Peretz, I., Schellenberg, E.G., Sabourin, C., Vinette, C., & Gauthier, J. (June, 2004). Can we like dissonant music with repeated exposure? Paper presented at the inaugural meeting of the Brain, Research, And Music Science (BRAMS) group, Montreal.
Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2004). Absolute pitch and its development. In S.E. Trehub (Chair), Music across the life-span. Symposium conducted at the International Congress of Psychology, Beijing.
Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2004). Emotional responding to music among children and adults. In E. Bigand (Chair), Music psychology: Emotion and cognition in the music domain. Symposium conducted at the International Congress of Psychology, Beijing.
Schellenberg, E.G. (October, 2004). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium. Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Schimmack, U. (November, 2004). Music evokes mixed emotions. Paper presented at the Auditory Perception Cognition and Action Meeting (APCAM), Minneapolis, MN.
Schellenberg, E.G. (December, 2004). Does music make you smarter? Invited lecture. University of Toronto Schools. Toronto.
Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (March, 2005). Challenges of decoding the words of songs. Paper presented at the 10th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Dallas, TX.
Schellenberg, E.G. (March, 2005). Does music make you smarter? Invited lecture. Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Thompson, W.F. (April, 2005). Perceiving emotion in speech and music: A comparison of 4- and 5-year-olds. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2005). Song identification by deaf children with cochlear implants. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Volkova, A., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2005). Infants’ preference for the pitch level of singing. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2005). Music and IQ: New evidence that music lessons promote intellectual development. Invited paper presented at Learning and the Brain. Cambridge, MA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2005). Music listening, music lessons and cognitive abilities. Invited paper presented at The Neurosciences and Music—II, From Perception to Performance. Leipzig, Germany.
Dennis, M., Misakyan, T., & Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2005). Perception of metrical structure is related to cerebellar volumes in children with spina bifida. Paper presented at The Neurosciences and Music—II, From Perception to Performance. Leipzig, Germany.
Schellenberg, E.G. (June, 2005). Sensitive periods for absolute pitch. Invited paper presented at the ISCA Workshop on Plasticity in Speech Perception. London, UK.
Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Schimmack, U. (August, 2005). A comparison of cognitivist and emotivist responses to music. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. San Diego, CA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (October, 2005). Cognitive development in children. Invited presentation at the National Arts Centre Foundation Roundtable on Music and Medicine. Ottawa, ON.
Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2005). Music listening, music lessons, and cognitive abilities. Invited paper presented at the Dana Foundation Arts and Cognition Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2005). Does music make you smarter? Invited integrated concert and public lecture at the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind. Hamilton, ON.
Schellenberg, E.G. (February, 2006). Exposure to music and cognitive abilities: From the Mozart effect to the Blur effect. Invited colloquium at the School of Arts, Culture and Environment (Music), University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh.
Schellenberg, E.G. (February, 2006). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at the Department of Musicology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Schellenberg, E.G. (March, 2006). Est-ce que la musique vous rend plus vif? Invited colloquium at Laboratoire d’etude de l’apprentissage et du developpement (LEAD-CNRS), Université de Bourgogne. Dijon, France.
Schellenberg, E.G. (March, 2006). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at L’Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives de la Méditerranée (INCM-CNRS), l’Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II. Marseille, France.
Schellenberg, E.G. (March, 2006). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2006). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at Max Planck Institute for Human Development. Berlin, Germany.
Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2006). Le développement de l’oreille occidentale pour la musique. Invited public talk at l’Institut des Sciences Cognitives (ISC-CNRS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Lyon, France.
Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2006). Does music make you smarter ? Invited colloquium at the Department of Psychology, University of Frankfurt. Frankfurt, Germany.
Schellenberg, E.G. (June, 2006). Does music make you smarter ? Invited colloquium at the Department of Psychology, Vrije Universiteit. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Schellenberg, E.G. (June, 2006). Does music make you smarter ? Invited public lecture at A Unique Partnership: Thirty Years of Community Involvement in Research on Communication, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON.
Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2006). Does music make you smarter ? Invited colloquium at the Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, WI.
Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2006). Music and emotional intelligence. Paper presented at the International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. Bologna, Italy.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Thompson, W.F. (August, 2006). Decoding emotion in music and speech: A developmental perspective. Paper presented at the International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. Bologna, Italy.
Schellenberg, E.G. (October, 2006). Does music make you smarter? Invited public lecture at Extended Learning Opportunities. Erin, ON, Canada.
Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2006). Music lessons and intelligence: Conclusions and confusions. Invited paper presented at the Dana Foundation Arts and Cognition meeting. Santa Barbara, CA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (February, 2007). Does music make you smarter? Invited paper at LOVE (Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment) 2007 36th conference on perception and cognition. Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.
Stalinski, S.M., Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (March/April, 2007). Developmental changes in pitch perception: Distinguishing up from down. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Boston, MA.
Volkova, A., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (March/April, 2007). Word and music identification in toddlers with cochlear implants. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Boston, MA.
Vongpaisal, T., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., van Lieshout, P., & Papsin, B.C. (March/April, 2007). Recognition of familiar voices by deaf children with cochlear implants. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Boston, MA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2007). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at the Department of Psychology, Stanford University. Palo Alto, CA.
Schellenberg, E.G., Peretz, I., & Vieillard, S. (August, 2007). Liking and memory for happy and sad sounding music: Effects of exposure. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Montréal, Québec.
Schellenberg, E.G. (October, 2007). Music lessons, intellectual abilities, and social skills: Conclusions and confusions. Invited paper presented at The Effects of Music Lessons on Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, and Social Skills: Results and Prospects (German Federal Ministry for Education and Science). Berlin, Germany.
Schellenberg, E.G. (October, 2007). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at the Transfercentre of Neuroscience and Learning, Universtät Ulm. Ulm, Germany.
Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2008). Investigating links between music and intellectual abilities. Workshop presented at SIMCAM 4, IV Simpósio de Cognição e Artes Musicais. São Paulo, Brazil.
Schellenberg, E.G. (October, 2008). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at the Departments of Psychology and Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Blacksburg, VA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2008). Does music make you smarter. Invited lecture at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Toronto, ON.
Hunter, P.G., Schellenberg, E.G., & Stalinski, S.M. (November, 2008). Developmental changes in liking for and identification of emotion in music. Paper presented at the Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting (APCAM). Chicago, IL.
Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2008). Shifting perceptions: Developmental changes in perceptions of melody. Paper presented at the Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting (APCAM). Chicago, IL.
Hunter, P.G., & Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2008). Misery loves company: Sad listeners like sad-sounding music. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Chicago, IL.
Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2008). Memory for music: Listeners remember what they like. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Chicago, IL.
Schellenberg, E.G. (January, 2009). Does music make you smarter? Invited workshop: Cognitive development: Language, music, and theory of mind. Schloss Rauischholzhausen, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen and Philipps-University Marburg. Marburg, Germany.
Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2009). Pitch perception in music: An absolute to relative developmental shift. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Denver, CO.
Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2009). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at Institut für Musik, Fakultät III – Sprach – und Kulturwissenschaften, Carl von Ossietzky Universität. Oldenburg, Germany.
Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2009). Music and emotion: Listening, lessons, structure, and liking. Invited paper presented at Cluster Languages of Emotion, Freie Universität Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
Schellenberg, E.G. (June, 2009). Understanding aesthetic emotions: The case of music and mixed emotions.Invited workshop: Aesthetic emotions. Cluster Languages of Emotion, Freie Universität Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
Schellenberg, E.G. (June, 2009). Macht Musik schlau? Invited public lecture and concert at Entwicklungs-Psychologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. Gießen, Germany.
Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2009). Like it or lose it: Listeners remember what they like. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Indianapolis, IN.
Hunter, P.G., & Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2009). Openness to experience moderates the effect of exposure on liking. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Indianapolis, IN.
Thompson, W.F., Schellenberg, E.G., & Letnic, J. (August, 2009). The costs and benefits of background music for processing written and spoken verbal materials. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Indianapolis, IN.
Ladinig, O., Schellenberg, E.G., & Hunter, P.G. (August, 2009). Musical preferences, emotion, and personality. Paper presented at the 7th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music. Jyväskylä, Finland.
Hunter, P.G., & Schellenberg, E.G. (September, 2009). Misery loves company: Liking for sad-sounding music increases when listeners are in a sad affective state. Paper presented at the International Conference on Music and Emotion. Durham, UK.
Schellenberg, E.G. (September, 2009). Does music make us smart? Invited paper presented at Symposium Decade of the Mind: DOM-V. Berlin, Germany.
Schellenberg, E.G. (October, 2009). Music ability and cognitive abilities. Invited paper in D. Deutsch (Chair), Musical acoustics: Musical ability and other abilities: Innate and environmental influences. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. San Antonio, TX.
Schellenberg, E.G. (October, 2009). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at the Department of Psychology, Carleton University. Ottawa, ON.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Vanzella, P. (November, 2009). Absolute pitch: The pitch of voices is difficult to identify. Paper presented at the annual Auditory Perception Cognition and Action Meeting (APCAM). Boston, MA.
Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2009). Effects of liking, similarity, and familiarity on memory for music. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Boston, MA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (January, 2010). Does music make you smarter? Invited distinguished lecture at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT), McGill University. Montréal, PQ.
Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2010). Does music make you smarter? Invited keynote lecture at the 2010 International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research in Music Pedagogy, University of Ottawa. Ottawa, ON.
Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2010). Music lessons and cognitive abilities: Conclusions and controversies. In V. Penhune (Chair), Musical training: Its impact on auditory, motor, and cognitive skills. Symposium conducted at the 2010 International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research in Music Pedagogy, University of Ottawa. Ottawa, ON.
Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2010). Is the association between music lessons and IQ mediated by executive function? Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Seattle, WA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2010). Discussant. In L.J. Trainor (Chair), Effects of musical experience on development during infancy. Invited symposium at the 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Seattle, WA.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Vanzella, P. (August, 2010). Explaining variation in absolute pitch ability. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Seattle, WA.
Stalinski, S.M., & Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2010). Liking and memory for music: Effects of effortful encoding. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Seattle, WA.
Ladinig, O., Schellenberg, E.G., & Huron, D. (August, 2010). The role of contrasting musical characteristics in the appreciation of music. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Seattle, WA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2010). Music training, language, and cognition: Conclusions and controversies. In Music cognition, language and thought. Invited presentation in the annual scientific workshop at the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University. Hamilton, ON.
Schellenberg, E.G. (March, 2011). Does music make you smarter? Guest lecture in Cognitive Development/Music Education, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2011). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2011). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at the Departamento de Música, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2011). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at the Escola de Música, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2011). The impact of arts education: Comments on Winner et al. (2011).Invited commentary presented at Education for innovation: The role of arts and STEM education. OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) workshop, Paris.
Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2011). Music lessons and nonmusical abilities.Invited presentation at Education for innovation: The role of arts and STEM education. OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) workshop, Paris.
Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2011). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL.
Schellenberg, E.G. (June, 2011). Does music make you smarter? Invited colloquium at the Cognitive Science Center of the University of Amsterdam (CSCA). Amsterdam, NL.
Schellenberg, E.G. (June, 2011). Does music make you smarter? Invited keynote address at the Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap (LOT) Summer School. Leuven, Belgium
Saindon, M.R., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2011). Music processing in deaf adults with cochlear implants. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Rochester, NY.
Kalender, B., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2011). Cross-cultural differences in meter perception. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Rochester, NY.
Schellenberg, E.G. (September, 2011). Music training and nonmusical abilities. Invited keynote address at the meeting of the JeKI (An Instrument for Every Child) research consortium, sponsored by the BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Family). Hamburg, Germany.
Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2011). Music training and nonmusical abilities. Invited presentation at the Conservatorio di Musica di Vicenza Arrigo Pedrollo. Vicenza, Italy.
Weiss, M.W., Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (November, 2011). Vocal timbre influences memory for melodies. Paper presented at the Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting (APCAM). Seattle, WA.
Weiss, M.W., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (January, 2012). Exploring the vocal advantage in memory for melodies. Paper presented at the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Tucson, AZ.
Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2012). Is music training predictive of cognitive, social, and emotional abilities? Psi Chi Distinguished Speaker. Invited lecture at the convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago.
Corrigall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (July, 2012). Music training, personality, and IQ. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Thessaloniki, Greece.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Mankarious, M. (July, 2012). Music lessons, emotion comprehension, and IQ. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Thessaloniki, Greece.
Weiss, M.W., Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (July, 2012). Effect of timbre change on memory for vocal and instrumental melodies. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Thessaloniki, Greece.
Schellenberg, E.G., Stalinski, S.M., & Marks, B.M. (November, 2012). Memory for surface features of unfamiliar melodies. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Minneapolis, MN.
Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2012). Music training and cognitive abilities: What is the direction of causation? Paper presented at the Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting (APCAM). Minneapolis, MN.
Schellenberg, E. G. (February, 2013). Transfer from music: A critical examination of the evidence. In E. Winner (Chair), Evidence from music, fiction, and visual arts: Transfer of learning from the arts? Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Boston.
Schellenberg, E. G. (February, 2013). Music training and nonmuisical abilities. Invited colloquium at the Department of Psychology, Boston College. Boston.
Corrigall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (February, 2013). Predicting duration of music training: The role of demographic, cognitive, and personality variables. Paper presented at the Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment (LOVE) conference. Niagara Falls, ON.
Corrigall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (April, 2013). Predicting who takes music lessons and for how long: The role of demographic, cognitive, and personality variables. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development conference. Seattle, WA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (May, 2013). Music training and nonmusical abilities. Invited keynote address at the Midwest Music Cognition Symposium, Ohio State University. Columbus, OH.
Corricall, K.A., & Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2013). Predicting who takes music lessons: The role of demographic, cognitive, and personality variables. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Toronto, ON.
Corrigall, K.A., Schellenberg, E.G., & Tillmann, B. (August, 2013). Knowledge of Western pitch structure: Explicit measures are more sensitive than implicit measures to effects of experience. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Toronto, ON.
Schellenberg, E. G. (Novermber, 2013). Does music make you smarter? MNI international guest speaker.Invited public talk. Melbourne Neuroscience Institute, University of Melbourne.
Melbourne, Australia.
Schellenberg, E. G. (Novermber, 2013). Music and nonmusical abilities. Invited keynote address at the Music, Mind, and Health Conference. Melbourne, Australia.
Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2013). Music training and nonmusical abilities. Invited colloquium at ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Vanzella, P., Weiss, M.W., Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (May, 2014).O ouvido absoluto não facilita a memorização de melodias [Absolute pitch does not improve memory for melodies]. Paper presented at Simpósio de Cognição e Artes Musicais. Campinas, Brazil.
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2014). Music training and linguistic structure processing in children and adults. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. Seoul, Korea.
Weiss, M.W., Schellenberg, E.G., Trehub, S.E., & Dawber, E.J. (August, 2014). Processing advantage for vocal melodies: Are children like adults? Paper presented at the 13th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. Seoul, Korea.
Weiss, M.W., Trehub, S.E., Schellenberg, E.G., & Habachi, P. (August, 2015). Eyes wide open for vocal melodies. Paper presented at the conferences of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Nashville, TN.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Habachi, P. (August, 2015). Is memory for key explicit or implicit? Paper presented at the conferences of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Nashville, TN.
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (August, 2015). Predicting music-perception skills in children. Paper presented at the conferences of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Nashville, TN.
Schellenberg, E.G. (March, 2016). Music training and nonmusical abilities: Opening a can of worms. Invited keynote address at Workshop: Enriched Learning with Music and Sports. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (July, 2016). The association between musical skills and grammar processing in childhood. Paper presented at the 14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. San Francisco.
Weiss, M.W., Trehub, S.E., & Schellenberg, E.G. (July, 2016). Vocal melodies, but not synthesized simulations, are remembered better than piano melodies. Paper presented at the 14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. San Francisco.
Weiss, M.W., Schellenberg, E.G., & Trehub, S.E. (July, 2016). Generality of the memory advantage for vocal melodies. Paper presented at the 14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. San Francisco.
Schellenberg, E.G., & Weiss, M.W. (July, 2016). How accurate is implicit memory for the key of unfamiliar melodies? Paper presented at the 14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. San Francisco.
Vanzella, P., Andrade, P., Andrade, O., & Schellenberg, E.G. (July, 2016). Brazilian children’s emotional responses to Wagner’s music. Paper presented at the 14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. San Francisco.
Schellenberg, E.G. (December, 2016). Music training and nonmusical abilities: Associations or causation? Invited talk at Karolinska Institutet. Stockholm, Sweden.
Schellenberg, E.G. (March, 2017). Do music lessons enhance cognitive abilities? In L.S. Colzato (Chair), Better minds: Understanding cognitive enhancement. Invited symposium presentation at the International Convention of Psychological Science. Vienna.
Schellenberg, E.G. (March, 2017). Challenges in studying music training as a predictor variable. Invited workshop at the International Convention of Psychological Science. Vienna.
Weiss, M.W., Schellenberg, E.G., Trehub. S.E. , & Peng, C. (August, 2017). Contextual distinctiveness affects the memory advantage for vocal melodies. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. San Diego, CA.
Schellenberg, E.G., Weiss, M.W., Peng, C., & Khan, M. (August, 2017). How accurate is implicit memory for tempo? Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. San Diego, CA.
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Schellenberg, E.G. (January, 2018). Music training and nonmusical abilities: Associations or causation? Invited presentation at the Symposium: Music in the Brain. Aarhus University/Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark.
Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2018). Music training and nonmusical abilities: Associations or causation? Invited presentation at Music, Cognition, and the Brain, Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University, London, ON.
Schellenberg, E.G. (November, 2018). Correlation = causation: Music training, psychology, and neuroscience. Paper presented at the Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting (APCAM). New Orleans, LA.
Schellenberg, E.G. (February, 2019). Music training and nonmusical abilities: Associations or causation? Invited presentation at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
Swaminathan, S., & Schellenberg, E.G. (February, 2019). Exploring the association between music training and working memory in children and
adults. Paper presented at the meeting of the International
Neuropsychological Society, New York City.
COURSES TAUGHT
Windsor Undergraduate
Cognitive Psychology (Spring, 1997)
Introductory Statistics (Fall, 1993; Spring, 1994)
Intermediate Statistics (Spring, Fall, 1994; Spring, 1995)
Advanced Statistics (Fall, 1994; Spring, Fall, 1996; Spring, 1997)
Graduate
Multivariate Statistics (Winter, 1995; Fall, 1996)
Dalhousie Undergraduate
Statistics (Fall/Spring, 1997-98)
Graduate
Statistics (Fall, 1997)
Toronto Undergraduate
Psychology of Music (Spring, 2014; Spring, 2015; Fall, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Music Perception and Cognition (Spring, 2012)
Developmental Psychology Laboratory (Spring, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017)
Developmental Psychology (Fall, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003-2010)
Cognitive Psychology (Spring, 1999)
Cognitive Development (Fall, 1999, 2000)
Special Topics in Developmental Psychology (Spring, 2000, 2007, 2018; Fall, 2004, 2007, 2013)
Language Acquisition (Spring, 2004-2005)
Research Design and Analysis in Psychology II (Spring, 2017)
Thesis (Fall/Spring 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020)
Graduate
Seminar in Applied Developmental Psychology (Fall, 1998, with Schmuckler and Trehub)
Seminar in Music Perception and Cognition (Fall, 2005, with Schmuckler and Thompson)
Design of Experiments (Fall, 2006; Spring 2008; Fall, 2008-2013; Fall/Spring 2013/2014)
Seminar in Music Training and Nonmusical Abilities (Fall, 2014).
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT, OR DISCIPLINE
Psychology Department Statistical Consultant, University of Windsor (1993-1994)
University of Windsor Committee on Integrity in Research and Scholarship (1995)
University of Windsor Ethics Committee (1994-1997)
Psychology Department Ethics Committee University of Windsor (1995-1997)
Psychology Department Ethics Committee Dalhousie University (1997-1998)
Dalhousie University, Chair Advisory Committee for the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science (1997-1998)
Psychology Department Ethics Committee, University of Toronto at Mississauga (1998-present)
Psychology Department PSY 100 Subject Pool, University of Toronto at Mississauga (Chair: 1999-2002, member: 2003-present)
SSHRC General Research Grant Adjudicating Committee, University of Toronto at Mississauga (2000, 2001)
Undergraduate Program Committee—Communication, Culture and Information Technology, University of Toronto at Mississauga (2001-2002)
Speech and Hearing Search Committee, Psychology Department, University of Toronto at Mississauga (2001-2002)
Cognitive/Language Search Committee, Psychology Department, University of Toronto at Mississauga (2001-2002)
External examiner: Teresa Lesiuk, Doctoral Dissertation, The Effect of Music Listening on the Quality of Design of Computer Information Systems Developers, Department of Music Education, Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario (2002).
Developmental Search Committee, Psychology Department, University of Toronto at Mississauga (2003-2004)
Cognitive/Language Search Committee, Psychology Department, University of Toronto at Mississauga (2003-2004)
External examiner: Rudy Crncec, Doctoral Dissertation, Examination of the Mozart effect in children, Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne (2004).
Chair, UTM Ethics Committee, 2004-2005
Dean’s representative, Philosophy Search Committee, 2004-2005
Provost’s representative, Faculty of Physical Education and Health Search Committee 2004-2005
Search Committee, Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto (St. George campus) 2005
Search Committee, Graduate Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto 2005
Search Committee, Communication and/or its development, Department of Psychology, UTM 2005-2006
External examiner: Sylvain Moreno, Doctoral Dissertation, Influence de l’expertise et de l’apprentissage musical sur la perception et la compréhension du langage parlé : Etudes comportementales et électrophysiologiques, Department of Neurosciences, Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille I, 2006
Chair, Ph. D. Final Oral Examination, Nadia Talent, Gametophytic apomixes, hybridization, and polyploidy iin Crataegus (Rosaceae). Graduate Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Sept. 22, 2006
Dean’s representative (Jones), Biology Search Committee, UTM (BioTechnology), 2006-2007
Dean’s representative (Sinervo), Philosophy Tenure Committee, UTM, Spring 2007
Colloquium committee, Department of Psychology, UTM 2006-2008
PSY 100 Subject Pool Committee, Department of Psychology, UTM 2003-2008
Programming committee, Meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Montréal, August, 2007
External examiner: Lucy L. M. Patston, Doctoral Dissertation, Balanced brains: An investigation of visuospatial ability and lateralization in musicians. Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2007
Search Committee, Chair, Department of Psychology, UTM, Fall 2008.
Search Committee, Social/Emotional/Abnormal Development, Department of Psychology, UTM 2008-2009
Programming committee, Meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Indianapolis, August, 2009
Search Committee, Social/Emotional/Abnormal Development, Department of Psychology, UTM 2009-2010
Secretary, Society for Music Perception and Cognition, 2007-2010
Search Committee, Chair, Department of Psychology, UTM, Winter 2012
Ethics Committee, UTM, 2005-2012
Graduate Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, 2009-present
Committee for Promotion and Tenure, Elizabeth Johnson, Department of Psychology, UTM, Winter 2012.
Dean’s representative (Mullin), Department of Mathematics Search Committee, UTM 2013/2014
Search Committee, Chair, Department of Psychology, UTM, Winter 2014
Consulting Editor, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2013-present
Consulting Editor, Psychology of Music, 2013-present
Search Committee, Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, UTM, Fall/Winter 2014/2015
Search Committee, Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, UTM, Fall/Winter 2014/2015
Scientific Advisory Board, Society for Music Perception and Cognition Conference, 2015
Dean’s representative (Mullin), Department of Sociology Search Committee, UTM 2015/2016
Research Ethics Board, University of Toronto, 2013-2015
Committee for Third-Year Review, Erika Carlson, Department of Psychology, UTM, Fall 2016.
Search Committee, Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, UTM, Fall/Winter 2016/2017
External examiner: Deborah Henry, Doctoral Dissertation, Lerdahl’s Surface Tension Rule: Validation or Modification. Department of Music, York University, Toronto, Fall 2016.
Committee for Promotion and Tenure, Judith Andersen, Department of Psychology, UTM, Winter 2017.
Search Committee, Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, UTM, Fall/Winter 2017/2018
Promotion Committee (EK Johnson), Internal Reviewer—Research, Department of Psychology, UTM, Fall 2018
3-year Review Committee (DP Vanderlaan), Internal Reviewer, Department of Psychology, UTM, Fall 2018
Promotion and Tenure Committee (N Farb), Internal Reviewer—Teaching, Department of Psychology, UTM, Fall 2018
External examiner: Haley Kragness, Doctoral Dissertation, Expressive Timing in non-expert musical production. Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Spring 2019.
Promotion Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
St. George, Spring 2019
Student Supervision (Graduate Students and Senior Undergraduates since 2004)
Undergraduate Theses:
- Joyet Chakungal, Children’s memory for musical pitch. 2004
- Amelia Woo, Children’s pitch memory, academic achievement, and cultural background. 2005
- Katelyn McNeil, Music lessons, intelligence, and executive function in children. 2010
- Randy Schliemann, Does executive function mediate the long-term association between music lessons and IQ? 2010
- Tarek Amer, Music lessons, bilingualism, and executive function in childhood, 2011
- Monika Mankarious, Music Training and emotional comprehension in childhood, 2011
- Jeff Millar, Does listening to rap music influence moral disengagement? 2011
- Bradley Marks, Pitch and tempo are processed independently in melody recognition, 2012
- Nicole Misura, Music training and personality in childhood, 2012
- Peter Habachi, Explicit memory for musical key, tempo, and timbre, 2015
- Kirthika Venkatesan, Associations between musical expertise and language ability, 2015
- Jaimie Poon, Children’s memory for musical key, 2016
- Nour Afandi, Musical ability and speech perception in childhood, 2018
Undergraduate Independent Research Projects:
- Chantal Bourgon, Children’s perception of emotion in speech and music. 2004
- Natasha Haist, Inducing mixed emotions with music. 2006
- Audrey Jane Pansoy, Music training, IQ, and executive functioning. 2007
- Joanna Rajchel, Music lessons and executive function. 2007
- Joanna Rajchel, Personality, exposure, and liking for music. 2008
- Alejandra Casa, Openness-to-experience and liking for music. 2009
- Andrea Griffith, Memory for the tempo of melodies. 2010
- Monika Mankarious, Memory for the pitch of melodies. 2010
- Elizabeth Sharma, The interactions of absolute and relative pitch and tempo information in listeners’ representations of melodies. 2011
- Kathy Lynn Payne, Music training, personality, and cognition, 2011
- Lindsey Hann, Music training, academic performance, IQ, and personality, 2011
- Kathy Lynn Payne, Music training, personality and intelligence, 2012
- Rusan Lateef, Memory for the pitch level of melodies, 2013
- Peter Habashi, Memory for the timbre of melodies, 2014
- Lily Ho, Music training and grit, 2014
- Betsy Kung, Memory for musical key 2015
- Muhammad Khan, Memory for musical tempo 2017
- Lisa Crocco, Rhythm perception and language ability, 2018–2019
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program:
- Emmanuel Tolias,Music and emotional intelligence. 2005
- Jacqui Koh, Music and autism. 2005
- Jessica Chan, Children’s perception of pitch. 2006
- Paul Wlodarski, Music and emotional intelligence. 2006
- Amanda Smith, Music and emotional intelligence. 2007
- Christina Nona, I’m just not that into it: Effects of personality and exposure on liking for music, 2009
- Angela Kwok, Liking and memory for music. 2010
- Kirthika Venkatesan, Memory for vocal music. 2013-2014
- Sarah Selvadurai, Music and language abilities. 2013-2014
- Chen Peng, Memory for musical key. 2015-2016
- Sana Irshad, Memory for vocal melodies. 2015-1016
Master’s Theses: (^co-supervised with Trehub)
- ^Anna Volkova, Long-term memory for absolute pitch level of songs in infancy. 2004
- ^Tara Vongpaisal, Recognition of popular songs by children and adolescents with cochlear implants. 2004
- Patrick Hunter, Music and mixed emotions, 2005
- Stephanie Stalinski, Developmental changes in pitch perception: Distinguishing up from down. 2007
- ^Mathieu Saindon, Music processing in deaf adults with cochlear implants. 2010
- ^Michael Weiss, Vocal timbre influences memory for melodies, 2011
- Sarah Carpentier, Brain-music duet: MEG signal complexity and auditory perception in musicians and nonmusicians, 2011 (subsidiary advisor)
Doctoral Dissertations: (^co-supervised with Trehub)
- ^Tara Vongpaisal, Children’s perception of speaker identity from spectrally degraded input, 2009
- Patrick Hunter, The malleability of music preferences: Effects of individual differences and the listening context, 2010
- Stephanie Stalinski, The effect of liking on recognition memory for music, 2012
- ^Anna Volkova, Talker discrimination, emotion identification, and melody recognition in young children with bilateral cochlear implants, 2012
- ^Mathieu Saindon, Differentiating questions from statements: The role of intonation, 2016
- ^Michael Weiss, Exploring the memory advantage for vocal melodies, 2016
- Swathi Swaminathan, Nonmusical correlates of musical ability, 2017
Visiting Foreign Graduate Student
- Olivia Ladinig 2008
- Anna Fiveash 2016
Post-Doctoral Fellows
- Sylvain Moreno 2007
- Kathleen Corrigall 2012-2013
- Haley Kragness 2019-2020