Music that works : contributions of biology, neurophysiology, psychology, sociology, medicine, and musicology

Many different disciplines are analyzing the impact of music today. How and why this ancient cultural asset molds, empowers and makes use of us can only become apparent in a synopsis and exchange involving scientific research. With this perspective as its foundation, the conference "Mozart and Science" extended invitations to the first interdisciplinary and international dialogue between the social and physical sciences about the effects of music. This book is based on the results of that congress. It contains contributions penned by leading scientists from around the world belonging to diverse music science disciplines and in particular covers psycho-physiological, neuro-developmental and cognitive aspects associated with the experience of music. Additional essays provide insights into research conducted about how music is applied in therapy and medicine. Includes A Dvd With Short Movies Of Original Reports, This Title Contemplates The Effect Of Music Extensively And Interdisciplinary. Introduction : Music That Works / Roland Haas -- Sonification : Listen To Brain Activity / Gerold Baier, Thomas Hermann -- Chronobiology : As A Foundation For And An Approach To A New Understanding Of The Influence Of Music / Hans-ullrich Balzer -- Music As Medicine : Incorporating Scalable Music-based Interventions Into Standard Medical Practice / Vera Brandes -- A Perspective On Evidence-based Practice / Cheryl Dileo, Joke Bradt -- The Audio-vocal System In Song And Speech Development / Wilfried Gruhn -- The Significance Of Exposure To Music For The Formation And Stabalisation Of Complex Neuronal Relationship Matrices In The Human Brain : Implications For The Salutogenetic Effects Of Intervention By Means Of Music Therapy / Gerald Hüther -- Music And The Self / Petr Janata -- Neural Substrates Of Processing Syntax And Semantics In Music / Stefan Koelsch -- A City Upon A Hill : Making Scientific Programs In Brain-based Music Research In Typical Development, Autism And Other Disorders / Nicolas Lange, Janet E. Lainhart -- The Rhythm Of The Heart, The Tempus Of Music : Mozart, Ligeti And The Rat / Björn Lemmer -- Music And Child Neurology : A Developmental Perspective / Luisa Lopez -- Prenatal Experience And The Phylogenesis And Ontogenesis Of Music / Richard Parncutt -- Music And The Evolution Of Human Brain Function / Juan G. Roederer -- Clinical Applications Of Music Therapy In Neurologic Rehabilitation / Concetta M. Tomaino -- Human Biochronology : On The Source And Functions Of Musicality / Colwyn Trevarthen -- A Study Of Synchronisation Behaviour In A Group Of Test Persons During Basky And Dhikr Exercises Via Psycho-physiological Monitoring / Gerhard Tucek, Elisabeth Ferstl, Florentina Maria Fritz -- Resonance And Silence : The Significance In Medicine / Rolf Verres -- Emotion Modulation By Means Of Music And Coping Behaviour / Richard Von Georgi, Miriam Göbel, Stefan Gebhardt -- Identifying The Effectiveness Of A Music-based Auditory Stimulation Method On Children With Sensory Integration And Auditory Processing Concerns : A Pilot Study / John Esteves, Sheri Stein-blum, Jonathan Cohen, Allison Tischler -- Music As A Medicine : Incorporating Music Into Standard Hospital Care / Vera Brandes. Roland Haas, Vera Brandes (eds.). Selected Proceedings From The Conference Mozart And Science, Held In Baden, Austria, Oct. 1-4, 2006. Includes Bibliographical References.