PSSN Alum Nori Jacoby Publishes Paper

September 19, 2019

Nori Jacoby (Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience 2016-2019) has published an article in the journal Current Biology as the paper's lead author along with Josh McDermott, the senior author of the study. The paper, Universal and Non-universal Features of Musical Pitch Perception Revealed by Singing" continues Nori's work from his years as a Presidential Scholar. 

Nori and his colleagues found that how people interpret musical notes depends on the types of music they have listened to. Be sure to check out the video and MIT news article to learn more.