Sandra Trehub (1938 — January 20, 2023) was a Canadian psychologist recognized for her research in the field of
music psychology. She held the position of Professor Emeritus at the
University of Toronto.[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.[1] 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 was awarded the Society for Music Perception and Cognition Achievement Award in 2013.[8] The citation for the award stated that Trehub's "pioneering and seminal research in developmental music cognition has been a crucial contribution" to the field of
music psychology.[8]
Selected works
Trehub, Sandra E. (1976). "The Discrimination of Foreign Speech Contrasts by Infants and Adults". Child Development. 47 (2): 466–472.
doi:
10.2307/1128803.
JSTOR1128803.
Trehub, Sandra E.; Bull, Dale; Thorpe, Leigh A. (1984). "Infants' Perception of Melodies: The Role of Melodic Contour". Child Development. 55 (3): 821–30.
doi:
10.2307/1130133.
JSTOR1130133.
PMID6734320.
Trainor, Laurel J.; Trehub, Sandra E. (1992). "A comparison of infants' and adults' sensitivity to Western musical structure". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 18 (2): 394–402.
doi:
10.1037/0096-1523.18.2.394.
PMID1593226.