Sandra Trehub Explained
Sandra Trehub (May 21, 1938 — January 20, 2023) was a Canadian psychologist recognized for her research in the psychology of music. She completed her PhD in psychology at McGill University, and subsequently joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at University of Toronto Mississauga, where she spent her entire career.[1]
Trehub conducted research on the development of auditory perception among infants and young children. She also conducted research on the impacts of singing to infants in the course of caregiving.[2] In one study, Trehub and colleagues demonstrated that infants who were sung to stayed settled for twice as long compared to when those who were spoken to.[3] [4] [5]
Trehub died on January 20, 2023. She was awarded the Society for Music Perception and Cognition Achievement Award in 2013. The citation for the award stated that Trehub's "pioneering and seminal research in developmental music cognition has been a crucial contribution" to the psychology of music.
Selected works
- 10.2307/1128803. 1128803. The Discrimination of Foreign Speech Contrasts by Infants and Adults. Child Development. 47. 2. 466–472. 1976. Trehub. Sandra E..
- 10.2307/1130133. 1130133. Infants' Perception of Melodies: The Role of Melodic Contour. Child Development. 55. 3. 821–30. 1984. Trehub. Sandra E.. Bull. Dale. Thorpe. Leigh A.. 6734320.
- 10.1037/0096-1523.18.2.394. A comparison of infants' and adults' sensitivity to Western musical structure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 18. 2. 394–402. 1992. Trainor. Laurel J.. Trehub. Sandra E.. 1593226.
- 10.1038/nn1084. 12830157. The developmental origins of musicality. Nature Neuroscience. 6. 7. 669–673. 2003. Trehub. Sandra E.. 18964113.
- Book: Trehub, Sandra . Peretz . Isabelle . Isabelle Peretz . Zatorre . Robert J. . 2003 . [{{google books|plainurl=y|id=q9t1DwAAQBAJ}} The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music ]. Musical Predispositions in Infancy: An Update . . Oxford . 978-0-19-852519-6 .
- 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.00779.x. 15660851. Metrical Categories in Infancy and Adulthood. Psychological Science. 16. 1. 48–55. 2005. Hannon. Erin E.. Trehub. Sandra E.. 5740696.
- 10.1073/pnas.0504254102. 16105946. 1194930. Tuning in to musical rhythms: Infants learn more readily than adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102. 35. 12639–12643. 2005. Hannon. E. E.. Trehub. S. E.. 2005PNAS..10212639H. free.
- 10.1016/j.cognition.2005.11.006. 16380107. Infant music perception: Domain-general or domain-specific mechanisms?. Cognition. 100. 73–99. 2006. Trehub. Sandra E.. Hannon. Erin E.. 1. 21506075.
Notes and References
- News: Whang . Oliver . 16 February 2023 . Sandra Trehub, Pioneer in the Psychology of Music, Dies at 84 . 23 September 2024.
- Web site: Sandra Trehub Department of Psychology . 2019-12-21 . University of Toronto.
- Web site: Singing Calms Babies More than Talking. 2015-11-15. CBC Radio Quirks and Quarks. 2019-12-20.
- Web site: Sing a song to soothe your baby University of Toronto Mississauga. www.utm.utoronto.ca. 2019-12-21.
- Corbeil. Mariève. Trehub. Sandra E.. Peretz. Isabelle. 2016. Singing Delays the Onset of Infant Distress. Infancy. en. 21. 3. 373. 10.1111/infa.12114.