PALMER, Caroline, Department of Psychology, McGill University

Caroline Palmer is internationally renowned for her research in auditory cognition. Her pioneering work uncovered the temporal relationships among interpretation, expression, and meaning in music performance. Her elegant studies transformed our understanding of how complex acoustics communicate information among musicians, speakers, and listeners. As founder of a national training network, Palmer translated the laboratory science into industrial and health-care workplace experience, mobilizing Canada’s next generation of auditory cognitive neuroscientists.