Schulkin Reflections on the Musical Mind

An Evolutionary Perspective
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4903-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Jay Schulkin is Research Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and member at the Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition, both at Georgetown University. He is the author of numerous books, including Roots of Social Sensibility and Neural Function, Bodily Sensibility: Intelligent Action, Cognitive Adaptation: A Pragmatist Perspective, and Adaptation and Well-Being: Social Allostasis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schulkin, Jay

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gjerdingen, Robert O.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword vii

Preface xi

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Music and the Brain

An Evolutionary Context 18

Chapter 2 Bird Brains, Social Contact, and Song 37

Chapter 3 Human Song

Dopamine, Syntax, and Morphology 62

Chapter 4 Musical Expectations, Probability, and Aesthetics 87

Chapter 5 Musical Expression, Memory, and the Brain 119

Chapter 6 Development, Music, and Social Contact 140

Chapter 7 Music and Dance 156

Conclusion Music and Well-Being 172

Notes 179

References 201

Index 249

Über Autor(innen)

Jay Schulkin is Research Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and member at the Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition, both at Georgetown University. He is the author of numerous books, including Roots of Social Sensibility and Neural Function, Bodily Sensibility: Intelligent Action, Cognitive Adaptation: A Pragmatist Perspective, and Adaptation and Well-Being: Social Allostasis.