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Music, language, and the brain / Aniruddh D. Patel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patel, Aniruddh D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music and language.
- Music--Physiological aspects.
- Music.
- Music--Psychological aspects.
- Auditory perception--Physiological aspects.
- Auditory perception.
- Cognitive neuroscience.
- Communication.
- Language acquisition--Physiological aspects.
- Language acquisition.
- Schemas (Psychology).
- Sociobiology--Comparative method.
- Sociobiology.
- Brain--physiology.
- Music--psychology.
- Language.
- Auditory Perception--physiology.
- Cognition--physiology.
- Neurobiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Brain--physiology.
- Music--psychology.
- Language.
- Auditory Perception--physiology.
- Cognition--physiology.
- Neurobiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 513 pages) : illustrations, map, music
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic has been growing rapidly, as scholars from diverse disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, music cognition, and neuroscience are drawn to the music-language interface as one way to
- Contents:
- Sound elements: pitch and timbre
- Rhythm
- Melody
- Syntax
- Meaning
- Evolution.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-485) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-989017-X
- 1-281-15877-1
- 0-19-802877-6
- 9786611158774
- 1-4356-1720-7
- 0-19-512375-1
- OCLC:
- 307619480
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