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Music, passion, and cognitive function /
Music, Passion, and Cognitive Function examines contemporary cognitive theories of music, why they cannot explain music's power over us, and the origin and evolution of music. The book presents experimental confirmations of the theory in psychological and neuroimaging research, discussing the p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Music, Passion, and Cognitive Function
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Biography
- Acknowledgments
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- 1 Theories of Music
- Music Is a Mystery
- Theories of Musical Emotions and Music Origins
- 2500 Years of Western Music and Prescientific Theories (From Pythagoras to the 18th Century)
- Whence Beauty in Sound?
- Current Theories of Musical Emotions
- Difficulties Remain. Music Is a Mystery
- 2 Mechanisms of the Mind: From Instincts to Beauty
- Concepts, Instincts, Emotions, and Behavior
- The Knowledge Instinct and Aesthetic Emotions
- The Hierarchy of the Mind and the Emotions of the Beautiful
- 3 Language and Wholeness of Psyche
- The Dual Hierarchy of Cognition and Language
- Differentiation and Synthesis
- 4 Music
- Differentiated Knowledge Instinct
- Cognitive Dissonances and Musical Emotions
- 5 Experimental Tests of the Theory: Music
- The Fox and the Grapes With Music
- Do Students Suffer During Tests and Could Music Help?
- Consonant and Dissonant Music Versus Cognitive Interference
- Music and Academic Performance
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Can Experiments Confirm a Theory? Physics of the Mind
- 6 Experimental Tests of the Theory: Beauty and Meaning
- Aesthetic Chills
- Results (Shortened)
- The Beautiful, the Meaningful, and How They Relate
- Quantitative Studies
- Qualitative Studies
- Narratology
- Phenomenology of Chill Episodes
- Discussion
- Quantitative Data
- Qualitative Data
- Narratology
- Phenomenology
- Conclusion
- 7 Music and Culture: Parallel Evolution
- Empirical Evidence in History
- Review of Theoretical Arguments
- Role of Music in Cultural Evolution From King David to "Know Thyself"
- Music and Consciousness in Ancient Greece
- Tonal Organization Since 250,000 BCE.
- Synthesis and Differentiation During Early Christianity and Middle Ages
- Individuation: The Renaissance, Reformation, and Bach
- Classicism and Rationality
- Split Soul: Romanticism
- Consciousness and Music in the 20th Century
- Consciousness, Music, and Culture
- 8 Musical Emotions and Personality
- A Controversy in Perception of Musical Emotion
- Personality Types and Emotion Perception
- Related Controversy in Emotion Research
- Love at First Sight, Divorce, and Choice of Profession
- Music and Emotions
- Number of Emotions
- Conclusion
- 9 Other Aesthetic Emotions
- Kantian Aesthetics
- Musical Emotions
- Emotions of Cognitive Dissonances
- Emotions of Prosody and Cultures
- Aesthetics of Poetry, Literature, and Visual Perception
- 10 Future Research and Summary
- Aesthetic Emotions
- Measuring Musical Emotions
- Emotions of Cognitive Dissonances
- Emotions of Prosody
- Music and Culture
- Language and Cognition
- The Beauty and Propaganda
- Summary
- Literature
- Index
- Back Cover.