Music Mind And Brain

Author : Manfred Clynes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781468489170

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Music, Mind, and Brain by Manfred Clynes Pdf

There is much music in our lives -yet we know little about its function. Music is one of man's most remarkable inventions - though possibly it may not be his invention at all: like his capacity for language his capacity for music may be a naturally evolved biologic .function. All cultures and societies have music. Music differs from the sounds of speech and from other sounds, but only now do we find ourselves at the threshold of being able to find out how our brain processes musical sounds differently from other sounds. We are going through an exciting time when these questions and the question of how music moves us are being seriously investigated for the first time from the perspective of the co-ordinated functioning of the organism: the perspective of brain function, motor function as well as perception and experience. There is so much we do not yet know. But the roads to that knowledge are being opened, and the coming years are likely to see much progress towards providing answers and raising new questions. These questions are different from those music theorists have asked themselves: they deal not with the structure of a musical score (although that knowledge is important and necessary) but with music in the flesh: music not outside of man to be looked at from written symbols, but music-man as a living entity or system.

Author : Daniel Levitin
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 0241987350

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This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin Pdf

Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience. Music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language. In This Is Your Brain On Music Levitin offers nothing less than a new way to understand it, and its role in human life

Author : Daniel J. Levitin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0525949690

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This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin Pdf

Explores the relationship between the mind and music by drawing on recent findings in the fields of neuroscience and evolutionary psychology to discuss topics such as the sources of musical tastes and the brain's responses to music.

Author : Oliver Sacks
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780307373496

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Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks Pdf

What goes on in human beings when they make or listen to music? What is it about music, what gives it such peculiar power over us, power delectable and beneficent for the most part, but also capable of uncontrollable and sometimes destructive force? Music has no concepts, it lacks images; it has no power of representation, it has no relation to the world. And yet it is evident in all of us–we tap our feet, we keep time, hum, sing, conduct music, mirror the melodic contours and feelings of what we hear in our movements and expressions. In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer. This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.

Author : Manfred Clynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1468489186

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Music, Mind, and Brain by Manfred Clynes Pdf

Author : Maureen Harris
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781607090632

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Music and the Young Mind by Maureen Harris Pdf

Maureen Harris has written an early childhood music program that is easily incorporated into the classroom routine. Written for the early childhood educator-experienced or trainee, musician or nonmusician_this book describes a music-enriched environment for teaching the whole child. Now educators can put research into practice and benefit from the wealth of knowledge and research acquired over the centuries on the power of music. With easy-to-follow lesson plans, sing-along CDs (sung in a suitable pitch for the young child), and supporting literature, educators can gain musical confidence as they explore research on child development, learn how to create a music-enriched environment and build musical confidence, see a curriculum time-frame, and follow lesson plans with ideas for further musical creativity and exploration. In addition, the multicultural section shows how to set up an early childhood music setting that maximizes the benefits of a variety of cultural values and practices. As you read this book you will begin to see music as a biological human need, an incredible vehicle for enhancing intelligence, and a means to connecting and uniting people around the world.

Author : Lynn Helding
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781538109960

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The Musician's Mind by Lynn Helding Pdf

Where does learning begin and how is it sustained and stored in the brain? For musicians, these questions are at the very core of their creative lives. Cognitive and neuroscience have flung wide the doors of our understanding, but bridging the gap between research data and music-making requires a unique immersion in both worlds. Lynn Helding presents a symphony of discoveries that illuminate how musicians can optimize their mental wellbeing and cognitive abilities. She addresses common brain myths, motor learning research and the concept of deliberate practice, the values of instructional feedback, technology’s role in attention disorders, the challenges of parenting young musicians, performance anxiety and its solutions, and the emerging importance of music as a social justice issue. More than an exploration of the brain, The Musician’s Mind is an inspiring call for artists to promote the cultivation of emotion and empathy as cornerstones of a civilized society. No matter your instrument or level of musical ability, this book will reveal to you a new dynamic appreciation for the mind’s creative power.

Author : Aniruddh D. Patel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199890170

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Music, Language, and the Brain by Aniruddh D. Patel Pdf

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 explore the extent to which different mental abilities are processed by separate brain mechanisms. Accordingly, the relevant data and theories have been spread across a range of disciplines. This volume provides the first synthesis, arguing that music and language share deep and critical connections, and that comparative research provides a powerful way to study the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying these uniquely human abilities. Winner of the 2008 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.

Author : Amen MD Daniel G.,Daniel G. Amen
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : PSYCHOLOGY
ISBN : 9781496438201

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Your Brain Is Always Listening by Amen MD Daniel G.,Daniel G. Amen Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel Amen equips you with powerful weapons to battle the inner dragons that are breathing fire on your brain, driving unhealthy behaviors, and robbing you of joy and contentment. Your brain is always listening and responding to these hidden influences and unless you recognize and deal with them, they can steal your happiness, spoil your relationships, and sabotage your health. This book will teach you to tame the: Dragons from the Past that ignite your most painful emotions; Negative Thought Dragons that attack you, fueling anxiety and depression; They and Them Dragons, people in your life whose own dragons do battle with yours; Bad Habit Dragons that increase the chances you'll be overweight, overwhelmed, and an underachiever; Addicted Dragons that make you lose control of your health, wealth, and relationships; and Scheming Dragons, advertisers and social media sites that steal your attention. Dr. Daniel Amen shows you how to recognize harmful dragons and gives you the weapons to vanquish them. With these practical tools, you can stop feeling sad, mad, nervous, or out of control and start being happier, calmer, and more in control of your own destiny.

Author : David Sulzer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0231193785

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Music, Math, and Mind by David Sulzer Pdf

This book offers a lively exploration of the mathematics, physics, and neuroscience that underlie music. Written for musicians and music lovers with any level of science and math proficiency, including none, Music, Math, and Mind demystifies how music works while testifying to its beauty and wonder.

Author : Robert Jourdain
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015035735375

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Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy by Robert Jourdain Pdf

At the evolution of music and introduces surprising new concepts of memory and perception, knowledge and attention, motion and emotion, all at work as music takes hold of us. Along the way, a fascinating cast of characters brings Jourdain's narrative to vivid life: "idiots savants" who absorb whole pieces on a single hearing, composers who hallucinate entire compositions, a psychic who claimed to take dictation from long-dead composers, and victims of brain damage who.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780444635525

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Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Evolution, the Musical Brain, Medical Conditions, and Therapies by Anonim Pdf

Did you ever ask whether music makes people smart, why a Parkinson patient's gait is improved with marching tunes, and whether Robert Schumann was suffering from schizophrenia or Alzheimer's disease? This broad but comprehensive book deals with history and new discoveries about music and the brain. It provides a multi-disciplinary overview on music processing, its effects on brain plasticity, and the healing power of music in neurological and psychiatric disorders. In this context, the disorders the plagued famous musicians and how they affected both performance and composition are critically discussed, and music as medicine, as well as music as a potential health hazard are examined. Among the other topics covered are: how music fit into early conceptions of localization of function in the brain, the cultural roots of music in evolution, and the important roles played by music in societies and educational systems. Topic: Music is interesting to almost everybody Orientation: This book looks at music and the brain both historically and in the light of the latest research findings Comprehensiveness: This is the largest and most comprehensive volume on "music and neurology" ever written! Quality of authors: This volume is written by a unique group of real world experts representing a variety of fields, ranging from history of science and medicine to neurology and musicology

Author : Elizabeth Miles
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780595370375

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Tune Your Brain by Elizabeth Miles Pdf

Plug in to the power of sonic energy. Music can play a big part in your moods, your motivation, and your success. Tune Your Brain is the first science-backed guide to using all styles of music-from classical to country, hip hop to rock, and more-to manage your body and brain. Go to sleep. Wake up. Brainstorm. Concentrate. Socialize. Exercise. Beat stress. Gear up for a presentation. Wind down for intimacy. Control overeating. Heal. Filled with practical applications for everyday use, Tune Your Brain unites brain-body science with the wisdom of the world's cultures to access the musical tools needed for peak performance in all areas of life. No technical knowledge or mind-altering substance is required-just a music player and a pair of open ears.

Author : Jay Schulkin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400849031

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Reflections on the Musical Mind by Jay Schulkin Pdf

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.

Author : Stefan Koelsch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780470683408

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Brain and Music by Stefan Koelsch Pdf

A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research into the effects of music on the brain 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