Sandra Trehub

Sandra Trehub, born in nineteen thirty-eight, was a distinguished Canadian psychologist renowned for her groundbreaking research in the psychology of music. She earned her PhD in psychology from McGill University and dedicated her entire academic career to the University of Toronto Mississauga, where she became a pivotal figure in the Department of Psychology.

Throughout her career, Trehub focused on the development of auditory perception in infants and young children. Her innovative studies explored the effects of singing to infants during caregiving, revealing that infants who were sung to remained settled for twice as long compared to those who were simply spoken to.

In recognition of her significant contributions to the field, Trehub was awarded the Society for Music Perception and Cognition Achievement Award in two thousand thirteen. The award citation highlighted her pioneering research in developmental music cognition as a crucial advancement in the understanding of music psychology.

Sandra Trehub passed away on January twentieth, two thousand twenty-three, leaving behind a legacy of influential research that continues to inspire scholars and practitioners in the field of music psychology.