Isabelle Peretz | |
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Academic background | |
Education | PhD, Université libre de Bruxelles |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Montreal |
Isabelle Peretz CM OQ FRSC (born 1956) is a professor of psychology at the University of Montreal, holding a Canada Research Chair and Casavant Chair in neurocognition of music. She specializes in music cognition, focusing on congenital and acquired musical disorders ( amusia) and on the cognitive and biological foundations of music processing in general. [1]
Peretz was educated in Brussels, Belgium, and she earned her Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the Université libre de Bruxelles in 1984, after which she accepted a faculty position at the University of Montreal. [2]
In 2005, Peretz became the founding co-director of the international laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound research (BRAMS), a multi-university consortium that is jointly affiliated with McGill University and the Université de Montréal. She is also a chief editor of the journal section Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience. [1]
Peretz was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2008. [1] In 2018, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Quebec. [2] The following year, she was the appointed a member of the Order of Canada. [3]
Isabelle Peretz | |
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Academic background | |
Education | PhD, Université libre de Bruxelles |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Montreal |
Isabelle Peretz CM OQ FRSC (born 1956) is a professor of psychology at the University of Montreal, holding a Canada Research Chair and Casavant Chair in neurocognition of music. She specializes in music cognition, focusing on congenital and acquired musical disorders ( amusia) and on the cognitive and biological foundations of music processing in general. [1]
Peretz was educated in Brussels, Belgium, and she earned her Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the Université libre de Bruxelles in 1984, after which she accepted a faculty position at the University of Montreal. [2]
In 2005, Peretz became the founding co-director of the international laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound research (BRAMS), a multi-university consortium that is jointly affiliated with McGill University and the Université de Montréal. She is also a chief editor of the journal section Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience. [1]
Peretz was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2008. [1] In 2018, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Quebec. [2] The following year, she was the appointed a member of the Order of Canada. [3]