Can you do better than a songbird?
You are invited to participate in a scientific experiment that compares the auditory perceptions of humans & songbirds (zebra finches).
Read moreHenkjan Honing is a professor of Music Cognition at both the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He studies what musicality is or can be and to what extent human beings share musicality with other animals. His aim is to define the cognitive and biological mechanisms that underpin musicality. In addition to a research agenda (The Origins of Musicality, 2018, MIT Press), Honing has published several books for the general public, including Music Cognition: The Basics (Routledge, 2022) and The Evolving Animal Orchestra (MIT Press, 2019). Honing’s books and lectures are popular with a broad audience and are appreciated both inside and outside the scientific world.