Mission
TO FURTHER THE SCIENTIFIC AND SCHOLARLY UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC FROM A BROAD RANGE OF DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING MUSIC THEORY, PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOPHYSICS, LINGUISTICS, NEUROLOGY,NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, ETHOLOGY, ETHNOMUSICOLOGY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY,PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING; TO FACILITATE COOPERATION AMONG SCHOLARS AND SCIENTISTS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN RESEARCH IN THIS INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD; AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF KNOWLEDGE GAINED.