The aim of the psychology of music is to understand musical phenomena in terms of mental functions--to characterize the ways in which one perceives, remembers, creates, and performs music. New to this Edition: Completely revised to cover new developments including the opportunity to generate, analyze, and transform sound by computer, advances in neuroscience that influence thinking about the way music is processed in the brain, and increased collaboration between psychologists and musicians Encompasses the way the brain perceives, remembers, creates, and performs musicContributions from the top international researchers in perception and cognition of musicDesigned for use as a textbook for advanced courses in psychology of music INDICE: Preface Chapter 1: The Perception of Musical Tones Andrew J. Oxenham Chapter 2: Musical Timbre Perception Stephen McAdams Chapter 3: Perception of Singing Johan Sundberg Chapter 4: Intervals and Scales William Forde Thompson Chapter 5: Absolute Pitch Diana Deutsch Chapter 6: Grouping Mechanisms in Music Diana Deutsch Chapter 7: The Processing of Pitch Combinations Diana Deutsch Chapter 8: Computational Models of Music Cognition David Temperley Chapter 9: Structure and Interpretation of Rhythm in Music Henkjan Honing Chapter 10: Music Performance: Movement and Coordination Caroline Palmer Chapter 11: Musical Development Laurel J. Trainor and Erin E. Hannon Chapter 12: Music and Cognitive Abilities Glenn Schellenberg and Michael W. Weiss Chapter 13: The Biological Foundations of Music: Insights from Congenital Amusia Isabelle Peretz Chapter 14: Brain Plasticity Induced by Musical Training Catherine Y. Wan and Gottfried Schlaug Chapter 15: Music and Emotion Patrik N. Juslin and John A. Sloboda Chapter 16: Comparative Music Cognition: Cross-Species and Cross-Cultural Studies Aniruddh D. Patel and Steven M. Demorest Chapter 17: Psychologists and Musicians: Then and Now Robert O. Gjerdingen
- ISBN: 978-0-12-381460-9
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 786
- Fecha Publicación: 08/11/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés