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Reflections on the Musical Mind : An Evolutionary Perspective /

What's so special about music? We experience it internally, yet at the same time it is highly social. Music engages our cognitive/affective and sensory systems. We use music to communicate with one another--and even with other species--the things that we cannot express through language. Music i...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Schulkin, Jay
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Music and the brain : an evolutionary context
  • Bird brains, social contact, and song
  • Human song : dopamine, syntax, and morphology
  • Musical expectations, probability, and aesthetics
  • Musical expression, memory, and the brain
  • Development, music, and social contact
  • Music and dance.