Exploring the Musical Mind: Cognition, emotion, ability, function - Rilegato

Sloboda, John

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ISBN 10: 0198530129 ISBN 13: 9780198530121

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2004

Riassunto

Since the publication in 1986 of Sloboda's book 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 23 selected essays and reviews written by an internationally acclaimed authority on music and the mind.

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L'autore

John Sloboda is at Professor of Psychology, Keele University, UK.

Contenuti

• Part A: Cognitive Processes
• 1: The psychology of music reading
• 2: Experimental studies of music reading: a review
• 3: The uses of space in music notation
• 4: Immediate recall of melodies
• 5: Cognition and real music: the psychology of music comes of age
• 6: Psychological structures in music: core research 1980-1990
• 7: Book review of "Language, Music and Mind"
• 8: Does music mean anything?
• Part B: Emotion and Motivation
• 9: Music as a language
• 10: Music psychology and the composer
• 11: Empirical studies of emotional response to music
• 12: Emotional responses to music: a review
• 13: Musical performance and emotion: issues and developments
• Part C: Talent and skill development
• 14: Musical expertise
• 15: Musical ability
• 16: The acquisition of music performance expertise
• 17: Are some children more gifted for music than others?
• Part D: Music in the real world
• 18: Everyday uses of music
• 19: Music: where cognition and emotion meet
• 20: Music and worship: a psychologist's perspective
• 21: Emotion, functionality, and the everyday experience of music
• 22: The sound of music versus the essence of music
• 23: Assessing music psychology research

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0198530129
• ISBN 13: 9780198530121
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 456