Reflections on the musical mind : an evolutionary perspective / Jay Schulkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schulkin, Jay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Psychological aspects.

Music.

Music--Origin.

Musical ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What's so special about music? We experience it internally, yet at the same time it is highly social. Music engages our cognitive/affective and sensory systems. We use music to communicate with one another--and even with other species--the things that we cannot express through language. Music is both ancient and ever evolving. Without music, our world is missing something essential.In Reflections on the Musical Mind, Jay Schulkin offers a social and behavioral neuroscientific explanation of why music matters. His aim is not to provide a grand, unifying theory. Instead, the book guides the reader through the relevant scientific evidence that links neuroscience, music, and meaning. Schulkin considers how music evolved in humans and birds, how music is experienced in relation to aesthetics and mathematics, the role of memory in musical expression, the role of music in child and social development, and the embodied experience of music through dance. He concludes with reflections on music and well-being. Reflections on the Musical Mind is a unique and valuable tour through the current research on the neuroscience of music.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Music and the Brain An Evolutionary Context

Chapter 2. Bird Brains, Social Contact, and Song

Chapter 3. Human Song Dopamine, Syntax, and Morphology

Chapter 4. Musical Expectations, Probability, and Aesthetics

Chapter 5. Musical Expression, Memory, and the Brain

Chapter 6. Development, Music, and Social Contact

Chapter 7. Music and Dance

Conclusion. Music and Well-Being

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400849031

1400849039

OCLC:

852898441