The Science and Psychology of Music: From Beethoven at the Office to Beyoncé at the Gym
- Editor: Olsen, Kirk N.
- Editor: Thompson, William Forde
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Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1 : Understanding Music What Is Music?
- 1. Defining Music
- 2. Sound Waves: The Music inside Sound
- 3. Pitch, Timbre, and Rhythm
- 4. Scales, Intervals, and Tuning Systems Music across Cultures
- 5. Defining Culture
- 6. Cross-Cultural Research in Music Psychology
- 7. Nature versus Nurture
- 8. Musical Universals Musical Expertise
- 9. What Is Musical Expertise?
- 10. Musical Genius
- 11. Genetics and Musical Expertise
- 12. Competitions: Judging Expertise Musical Prodigies and Savants
- 13. Becoming a Musical Prodigy: Hard Work or Born That Way?
- 14. Prodigies in Performance
- 15. Prodigies in Musical Creativity
- 16. Musical Savants Music and the Brain
- 17. Contemporary Approaches to the Neuroscience of Music
- 18. Music and the Brain across the Life Span
- 19. Tone Deafness
- 20. Music and Language
- Part 2 : Psychological and Social Implications of Music Music and Identity
- 21. Defining Ourselves through Music
- 22. Music and Cultural Identity
- 23. Gender Bias in Music History
- 24. Music and Social Class Music and Personality
- 25. Personality and Listeners
- 26. Personality and Musicians
- 27. Who Likes Sad Music and Why?
- 28. Violence and Music Music and Ritual
- 29. Maternal Songs as Bonding Rituals
- 30. Music and Ecstatic States
- 31. Music and Rites of Passage
- 32. Music and Death Music and Belief
- 33. Religion and Music
- 34. Music and Lyrics
- 35. Music and Advertising
- 36. Music and Healing Rituals Music and Social Bonding
- 37. Lullabies
- 38. Love and Music
- 39. Intercultural Relations through Music
- 40. Music as Social Grooming
- Part 3 : Impact and Applications of Music Music and Emotion
- 41. Why Is Music Emotional? Theories of Music and Emotion
- 42. Contemporary Research on Music and Emotion
- 43. Music as Emotion Management
- 44. Music and Emotion across Cultures Music and Memory
- 45. What Is Memory for Music?
- 46. Music and Studying
- 47. Earworms
- 48. Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories (MEAMs) Music and Movement
- 49. Movement and Music Performance
- 50. The Case of Ensemble Performance
- 51. Music and Dance
- 52. Why Do People Exercise to Music? Music and Health
- 53. Defining Music, Health, and Well-Being
- 54. Five Healthy Ingredients of Music
- 55. Music Therapy
- 56. Music and Healthy Aging Music Education
- 57. Music in Schools
- 58. Music Learning across the Life Span
- 59. Music in the Community
- 60. Media and Technology in Music Education About the Editors and
- Contributors
- Index