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The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain (Oxford Library of Psychology)
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The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain is a groundbreaking compendium of current research on music in the human brain. It brings together an international roster of 54 authors from 13 countries providing an essential guide to this rapidly growing field.
The major themes include Music, the Brain, and Cultural Contexts; Music Processing in The Human Brain; Neural Responses to Music; Musicianship and Brain Function; Developmental Issues in Music and the Brain; Music, the Brain, and Health; and the Future. Each chapter offers a thorough review of the current status of research literature as well as an examination of limitations of knowledge and suggestions for future advancement and research efforts.
The book is valuable for a broad readership including neuroscientists, musicians, clinicians, researchers and scholars from related fields but also readers with a general interest in the topic.
- ISBN-100192895818
- ISBN-13978-0192895813
- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication dateApril 4, 2021
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions9.6 x 1.7 x 6.7 inches
- Print length848 pages
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Michael H. Thaut serves as Director of the Music and Health Research Collaboratory and holds professorships in music, neuroscience, and rehabilitation science at the University of Toronto, Canada. He was awarded a TIER I CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR in 2017. He is the author of over 200 research publications and author/editor of 7 books. He is past President of the Society for Clinical Neuromusicology, Vice President of the International Society for Music and Medicine, and serves on the Management Committee of the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation. His internationally recognized pioneering research has advanced the basic and clinical neuroscience of music which also has become the scientific foundation for the development of Neurologic Music Therapy as a new treatment model in brain rehabilitation.
Donald A. Hodges served as Covington Distinguished Professor of Music Education and Director of the Music Research Institute (2003-2013) and is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. He is the author of Music in the Human Experience (2020, 2011), A Concise Survey of Music Philosophy (2017), co-editor the Routledge International Handbook on Music Psychology in Education and the Community (in press), The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain (2019), Handbook of Music Psychology (1996, 1980), and other works in music psychology and music education. Recent research eff orts have included a series of brain imaging studies of pianists, conductors, and singers using PET and fMRI.
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- Publisher : Oxford University Press (April 4, 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 848 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0192895818
- ISBN-13 : 978-0192895813
- Item Weight : 3.48 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.6 x 1.7 x 6.7 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,129,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #150 in Musical Philosophy & Social Aspects
- #442 in Music Appreciation (Books)
- #904 in Neuroscience (Books)
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