Exploring the Musical Mind: Cognition, Emotion, Ability, Function / Edition 1

by John Sloboda

Overview

In the 20 years since publication of John Sloboda's landmark volume The Musical Mind, music psychology has developed as a vibrant area of research - exerting influence on areas as diverse as music education and cognitive neuroscience. This new book brings together 24 selected essays and reviews written by an internationally acclaimed authority on music and the mind. Chapters are grouped into four main areas of study. These are, cognitive processes (including music reading, memory and performance), emotion and motivation, talent and skill development, and music in the real world (including functions of music in everyday life and culture). The book ends with a newly written chapter on music psychology and social benefits. The books brings together in one place a range of influential writings, whose links to one another provide a compendious overview of a subject that has come to maturity during the author's career, a career which has significantly contributed to the development of the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198530138
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/10/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	9.22(w) x 6.34(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Keele University

Table of Contents

Section A1. The psychology of music reading2. Experimental studies of music reading: a review3. The uses of space in music notation4. Immediate recall of melodies5. Cognition and real music: the psychology of music comes of age6. Psychological structures in music: core research 1980-19907. Book review of "Language, Music and Mind"8. Does music mean anything?Section B9. Music as a language10. Music psychology and the composer11. Empirical studies of emotional response to music12. Emotional responses to music: a review13. Musical performance and emotion: issues and developmentsSection C14. Musical expertise15. Musical ability16. The acquisition of music performance expertise17. Are some children more gifted for music than others?Section D18. Everyday uses of music19. Music: where cognition and emotion meet20. Music and worship: a psychologist's perspective21. Emotion, functionality, and the everyday experience of music22. The sound of music versus the essence of music23. Assessing music psychology research