Music, thought, and feeling : understanding the psychology of music

Examining the intersection of music, psychology, and neuroscience, this text surveys the rapidly growing field of music cognition and explores its most interesting questions. Assuming minimal background in music or psychology, the book begins with an overview of the major theories on how and when music became a widespread aspect of human behavior. Now in its second edition, the text includes enhanced coverage of music therapy, the most recent theory and research, and improved pedagogy, including enhanced definitions of key terms and a reworked organization of topics.Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- Learning Outcomes -- Overview of Book Contents -- Abiding Controversies -- Recent Areas of Research Growth -- Additional Readings -- ch. 2 Origins of Music -- Learning Outcomes -- Prehistoric Music -- Adaptationist Accounts -- Theories Based on Reproductive Benefits -- Theories Based on Survival Benefits -- Nonadaptationist Accounts -- Transformative Technology of the Mind -- Precursors to Music -- Additional Readings -- ch. 3 Musical Building Blocks -- Learning Outcomes -- The Elements of Sound -- Periodic Motion -- The Discovery of Music Within Sound -- Sensory Consonance and Dissonance -- Tuning Systems -- Sensitivity to Pitch -- Models of Pitch Perception -- Absolute Pitch -- Timbre -- Reconstructing Music -- Additional Readings -- ch. 4 Perceiving Music Structure -- Learning Outcomes -- Arrangements of Sounds -- Relative Pitch -- Melodic Contour -- Scale Structure -- Large-Scale Structure -- Melodic Expectancies -- Implicit Memory for Music -- Implied Harmony -- Musical Key -- Implied Key -- Rhythm -- Additional Readings -- ch. 5 Music Acquisition -- Learning Outcomes -- Musical Infants -- Music in the Womb -- Investigating Music Perception Among Infants -- Enculturation and Critical Periods for Music Acquisition -- Melodic Contour -- Consonance and Dissonance -- Pitch Relations -- Scale Structure -- Phrase Structure -- Harmony -- Key -- Rhythm -- Memory for Music -- Learning and Enculturation -- Additional Readings -- ch. 6 Music and the Brain -- Learning Outcomes -- What's in a Brain? -- The Search for Music Inside the Brain -- Neurological Disorders -- Brain Stimulation -- Techniques of Neuroimaging -- Hemodynamic/Metabolic Techniques -- Neuroimaging and Music -- Electrical/Magnetic Studies of Music -- A Rapidly Evolving Field -- Additional Readings -- ch. 7 Music and Emotion -- Learning Outcomes -- Emotion Work -- Emotion and Cognition -- Theories of Music and Emotion -- Empirical Studies -- Do Listeners Agree on the Emotional Meaning of Music? -- How Do Listeners Respond Emotionally to Music? -- Compositional and Expressive Signals of Emotion -- What Properties of Music Lead to an Emotional Response? -- Is There a Universal Link Between Music and Emotion? -- Sources of Emotion in Music -- Additional Readings -- ch. 8 Music and Well-being -- Learning Outcomes -- Music as Therapy -- Why Music Matters -- Infants and Children -- Autistic Spectrum Disorder -- Music and Pain -- Anxiety and Depression -- Impairment Following Stroke -- Melodic Intonation Therapy -- Diseases of the Elderly -- Dementia -- Parkinson's Disease -- Negative Effects of Music on Well-being -- Additional Readings -- ch. 9 Performing Music -- Learning Outcomes -- Playing Music -- Acquiring Performance Skill -- Communicating Musical Structure -- Communicating Emotional Meaning -- Singing -- Improvising -- Gestures and Facial Expressions -- Evaluating Performance -- Performance Anxiety -- The Craft of the Performer -- Additional Readings -- ch. 10 Composing Music -- Learning Outcomes -- The Radius of Creativity -- Composers and Listeners -- Cognitive Constraints on Composition -- Composing with Multiple Voices -- Where Do New Ideas Come From? -- The Craft of Music Composition -- Additional Readings -- ch. 11 Music and Other Abilities -- Learning Outcomes -- Is Music Unique? -- Short-Term Effects of Music -- Long-Term Benefits of Music -- Educational Implications -- Additional Readings.386 page(s)Second editio