Michael Schutz is

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music cognition The psychology of music, or music psychology, is a branch of psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and/or musicology. It aims to explain and understand musical behaviour and experience, including the processes through which music is percei ...

and

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McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Ontario, Ainslie Wood and Westdale, Ontario, Westd ...

. He received his Master of Music in music technology and percussion performance for studying the role of visual stimuli in musical performance from

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

in 2004. In 2007 he received a Master of Arts in psychology and later (2009) a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...

studying cross modal integration under the supervision of Dr. Michael Kubovy. His most recent research interests include auditory alarms and the emotional perception of music as Director of the MAPLE Lab. He has over 60 articles available on Google Scholar. His 2021

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"Death By Beep" reviews one aspect of his ongoing research on applying musical insights into improving the design of medical device alert sounds. In 2019 Dr. Schutz was appointed secretary of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Other accolades include the

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School of Music Alumni Award, the McMaster University Scholar Award, and becoming an Elected Fellow of the

Psychonomic Society The Psychonomic Society is an international scientific society of over 4,500 scientists in the field of experimental psychology. The mission of the Psychonomic Society is to foster the science of cognition through the advancement and communicatio ...

. He has also made media appearances on

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, and in many written articles. Hi
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contain more information.

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