papers on sound pleasantness/ugliness by Josh McDermott

[annoying sounds]:
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~jhm/McDermott_Auditory_Preference_chapter.pdf

basis of consonance:
[he comes out believing in harmonics]
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~jhm/mcdermott_CB_consonance.pdf

musical intervals:
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~jhm/McDermott_Intervals_2010.pdf

what can experiments reveal about the origins of music?:
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~jhm/mcdermott_cdir2009.pdf

the [Darwinian] evolution of music:
[doesn't have much to say]
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~jhm/mcdermott_essay.pdf

pitch & auditory system:
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~jhm/mcdermott_essay.pdf