About
I completed my doctoral studies in the Music, Acoustics, Perception and LEarning (MAPLE) Lab at McMaster University. My dissertation examines the perceptual implications of music’s historic changes by blending approaches from empirical musicology and cognitive psychology.
Education
Ph.D. in Psychology
2021 - 2026 · McMaster University, Hamilton ON
M.Sc. in Psychology
2019 - 2021 · McMaster University, Hamilton ON
B.Mus. in Music (Music Cognition Specialization)
2015 - 2019 · McMaster University, Hamilton ON
Academic Work
Anderson, C. J. (2026). Rethinking Emotional Communication Through Musical Structure and Interpretation. Doctoral dissertation.
Eerola, T., & Anderson, C. J. (2026). A Meta-Analysis of Music Emotion Recognition Studies. ACM Computing Surveys.
Delle Grazie, M., Anderson, C. J., De Souza, J., & Schutz, M. (2026). Analysis from multiple perspectives (AMP): Applying decision hygiene to analysis of musical structure. Musicae Scientiae.
Anderson, C. J., & Schutz, M. (2023). Understanding feature importance in musical works: Unpacking predictive contributions to cluster analyses. Music & Science.
Anderson, C. J., Sreetharan, S., Elizondo López, A. E., Schlesinger, J. J., & Schutz, M. (2023). Improving auditory alarms: Reducing perceived annoyance with musical timbre (a randomized trial). Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management.
Projects
Dissertation
My dissertation work with the MAPLE Lab examines the relationship between musical structure and perceived emotion by applying concepts from psychology, music analysis, and statistical inference.
Collaborations
I have also worked on collaboration projects applying my experience in sound synthesis, experiment design, data analysis, software development, and academic writing.