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Levitin Laboratory for Music Perception, Cognition, and Expertise
Thank you for your interest in the ongoing research projects at the Levitin Lab.
Unfortunately, we can only take a limited number of students on as volunteers.
To help determine whether your availability, interests, and background fit with the
positions available in the lab, please answer the following brief questionnaire. In
addition, please write a one or two page essay about what you think a major
unresolved issue in Music Cognition research is, and how you think it could be
studied.
Please return the completed questionnaire and essay along with a copy of your transcript
and a copy of your curriculum vitae (résumé). Unofficial transcripts (i.e. from
MINERVA) are acceptable.
Name:
Phone Number:
*Email address:
(Note: Please use only your official McGill email address if you have one; no Hotmail, Gmail, etc.
accounts)
Best way to contact you:
 Email
Telephone
1. Will you be here in the summer? If yes, how many hours could you dedicate to
the lab per week? (Minimum 10)
2. How many hours could you dedicate to the lab in the 2010-2011 school year?
(Minimum 10)
3. Would you be interested in joining as a volunteer, or as a student in a research
project class? (i.e. Honours, PSYC 450, PSYC 495, etc.)
4. What interests you about research in music cognition, perception, and expertise?
5. What skills can you bring to our lab?
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6. What are your math/statistics skills?
7. What programs do you know how to use? (Check all that apply)
Matlab Unix Linux
SPSS
S or S+
Java
8. Do you have any previous research experience? If yes, please describe the project,
and include your supervisor’s name.
9. Do you have any musical experience? (i.e. Play(ed) an instrument; sound
recording; music creation; etc.)
10. Are you comfortable with the basic functions in Excel & SPSS? With computers
in general?
11. Have you ever used Mac computers?
12. Do you have experience in any of the following? (Check all that apply)
Computer programming Statistics Web page creation, design, or
maintenance
For Bonus Points:
13. Can you bake any sort of dessert?
14. What is your favourite Montreal restaurant?
15. Parlez-vous Français? Êtes-vous bilingue? (Not a requirement)
Thank you for your interest in the Levitin Lab
Stewart Biology Building, room N6/8, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1
Admin. Assistant: Dawna Coleman dcoleman@ego.psych.mcgill.ca or 514-398-6114