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Music, evolution, and the harmony of souls / Alan Harvey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harvey, Alan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Origin.
- Music.
- Music--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: What is music? What is this book about? 1
- 2 How the brain processes music 10
- 3 Brains and the evolution of Homo sapiens 46
- 4 Why do we have music as another communication system? 97
- 5 Music, altruism, and social cooperation 144
- 6 The consequences of owning a modern mind 161
- 7 Music, development, and education 170
- 8 Music, therapy, and old age 182
- 9 Coda: Homo sapientior? 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780191090486
- 0191090484
- Publisher Number:
- 99971567608
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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