Description
A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research into the effects of music on the brain
Author: Stefan Koelsch
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 04/30/2012
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.50h x 7.40w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780470683392
ISBN10: 0470683392
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Neuroscience
- Music | Instruction & Study | Appreciation
- Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception, including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action, music and emotion
- Includes general introductory chapters to engage a broad readership, as well as a wealth of detailed research material for experts
- Offers the most empirical (and most systematic) work on the topics of neural correlates of musical syntax and musical semantics
- Integrates research from different domains (such as music, language, action and emotion both theoretically and empirically, to create a comprehensive theory of music psychology
Author: Stefan Koelsch
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 04/30/2012
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.50h x 7.40w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780470683392
ISBN10: 0470683392
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Neuroscience
- Music | Instruction & Study | Appreciation
About the Author
Stefan Koelsch is Professor of Music Psychology at the Freie University Berlin. He is a former post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School, and led an independent Junior Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig. His main areas of research are neurocognition of music, music and emotion, and music therapy.