Henkjan Honing
Henkjan Honing is a full professor of Music Cognition at both the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). His current research explores the foundations of musicality—investigating its cognitive and biological underpinnings—and examines the extent to which this capacity is shared across species. Through an interdisciplinary approach, his aim is to define the cognitive and biological mechanisms that underpin musicality.
Honing has published over 250 scientific publications mostly in journals ranging from Computer Music Journal, Topics in Cognitive Science and Cognition to PNAS, Philosophical Transactions B. and Animal Cognition. Next to a research agenda (The Origins of Musicality, The MIT Press), he has published several books for the general public, including the English-language publications Music Cognition: The Basics (Routledge) and The Evolving Animal Orchestra (The MIT Press). Henkjan Honing's books and lectures are popular with a broad audience and are appreciated both inside and outside the scientific world.
Honing is a member-elect of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW), and the Academia Europaea. In 2024 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC).
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