The Oxford handbook of music and the brain / edited by Michael H. Thaut, Donald A. Hodges.
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 848 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198804123 (hbk.) :Other title: Handbook of music and the brain | Music and the brainSubject(s): Music -- Psychological aspects | Music -- Physiological aspects | Cognitive neuroscience | Music | MusicDDC classification: 781.1'1 Summary: The study of music and the brain can be traced back to the work of Gall in the 18th century, continuing with John Hughlings Jackson, August Knoblauch, Richard Wallaschek, and others. These early researchers were interested in localising musicality in the brain and learning more about how music is processed in both healthy individuals and those with dysfunctions of various kinds. Since then, the research literature has mushroomed, especially in the latter part of the 20th and early 21st centuries. This handbook 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.
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The study of music and the brain can be traced back to the work of Gall in the 18th century, continuing with John Hughlings Jackson, August Knoblauch, Richard Wallaschek, and others. These early researchers were interested in localising musicality in the brain and learning more about how music is processed in both healthy individuals and those with dysfunctions of various kinds. Since then, the research literature has mushroomed, especially in the latter part of the 20th and early 21st centuries. This handbook 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.
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