The Musical Brain

What Students, Teachers, and Performers Need to Know

Lois Svard (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2023
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-758417-0 (ISBN)

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We make or listen to music for the powerful effect it has on our emotions, and we can't imagine our lives without music. Yet we tend to know nothing about the intricate networks that neurons create throughout our brains to make music possible. The Musical Brain explores fascinating discoveries about the brain and music, often told through the stories of musicians whose lives have been impacted by the extraordinary ability of our brains to learn and adapt. Neuroscientists have been studying musicians and the process of making music since the early 1990s and have discovered a staggering amount of information about how the brain processes music. There have been many books discussing neuroscience and music, but this is the first to relate the research in a practical way to those individuals who make or teach music.

Research in mirror neurons, neuroplasticity, imagery, learning and memory, the musical abilities of babies, and the cognitive advantage of studying music can offer valuable insights into how and when we should begin the study of music, how we can practice and teach more effectively, how we can perform with greater confidence, and can help us understand why experiencing music together is so important in our lives. An accompanying website provides links to interviews, performance clips, demonstrations, photos, and essays involving the concepts or musicians discussed in the book.

Pianist Lois Svard is known for her performances and recordings of works by American experimental composers. She has also written and lectured extensively about the applications of neuroscience research for the study and performance of music. She is Professor Emerita of Music at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and is the author of the blog The Musician's Brain about music, the brain, and learning.

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Companion Website

1. Music and Musicians - and Why the Brain Matters
2. Origins of Music
3. Born for Music
4. Learn an instrument - change your brain
5. Learning and memory - two sides of the same coin
6. Practice - it's all about quality
7. Neuroplasticity - Awe-inspiring to Debilitating and Back Again
8. Imagery - Music in the Mind's Eye, Ear, Body
9. Seeing Sound, Hearing Movement - Music and Mirror Neurons
10. Does Music Really Make You Smarter?

Epilogue: Thoughts on Music and Society

Glossary

Erscheinungsdatum	06.02.2023
Zusatzinfo	37 figures
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 236 mm
Gewicht	549 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Ergotherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-19-758417-9 / 0197584179
ISBN-13	978-0-19-758417-0 / 9780197584170
Zustand	Neuware