Background
Dowling, Walter Jay was born on February 4, 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Walter James and Amrie Dowling.
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Academic Press Series in Cognition and Perception: A Series of Monographs and Treatises: Music Cognition focuses on the perception and cognition of music. The book first elaborates on the sense and perception of sound and timbre, consonance, and dissonance. Discussions focus on timbre, consonance and dissonance, sound waves, loudness, localization, music materials, music, cognition, and culture. The text then takes a look at musical scales and melody, including memory for melodic features, scales in other cultures, absolute pitch, Western scales and equal temperament, and alternative accounts. The manuscript ponders on melodic organization, rhythm and organization of time, emotion, and meaning, and cultural contexts of musical experience. Topics include function of music in society, description from within cultures, a cognitive theory of emotion, temporal experience, perception of rhythm, and cross-cultural studies. The book is a dependable reference for music experts and researchers interested in music cognition.
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Psychology educator researcher
Dowling, Walter Jay was born on February 4, 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Walter James and Amrie Dowling.
Bachelor, Northwestern University, 1963; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1968.
Assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966-1973; assistant professor, California State University, Los Angeles, 1973-1975; assistant professor, University Texas, Dallas, 1975-1978; associate professor, University Texas, Dallas, 1978-1989; professor, University Texas, Dallas, since 1989; chairman psychology, University Texas, Dallas, since 1987; chairman applied cognition and neuroscience, University Texas, Dallas, since 1990; chairman cognitive science, since 1992. Member of advisory panel International Conference on Psychology and Arts, Cardiff, Wales, 1983.
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Fellow Acoustical Society American. Member American Psychological Association, Psychonomic Society, Psi Chi, Sigma Xi.
Married Caroline Monahan, June, 1963 (divorced 1971). Married C. Darlene Smith, January 1976. Children: Calla Krista, Erica Lenéest.