The Psychology of Music (Cognition and Perception)

[This book] is a comprehensive reference for understanding the perception, cognition, and performance of music. The first edition became the calling card for the establishment of the field, the second edition was extremely well-reviewed, and the third edition is now 80% revised, incorporating what are now standard areas of study on pitch, rhythm, scales, etc, with newer cutting edge research on computer models of music cognition, comparative studies, brain plasticity, and emotion. [Source : présentation de l'éditeur]. Content: Front-matter , Pages i,iii Copyright , Page iv List of Contributors , Pages xi-xii Preface , Pages xiii-xvii 1 - The Perception of Musical Tones , Pages 1-33 2 - Musical Timbre Perception , Pages 35-67 3 - Perception of Singing , Pages 69-105 4 - Intervals and Scales , Pages 107-140 5 - Absolute Pitch , Pages 141-182 6 - Grouping Mechanisms in Music , Pages 183-248 7 - The Processing of Pitch Combinations , Pages 249-325 8 - Computational Models of Music Cognition , Pages 327-368 9 - Structure and Interpretation of Rhythm in Music , Pages 369-404 10 - Music Performance: Movement and Coordination , Pages 405-422 11 - Musical Development , Pages 423-497 12 - Music and Cognitive Abilities , Pages 499-550 13 - The Biological Foundations of Music: Insights from Congenital Amusia , Pages 551-564 14 - Brain Plasticity Induced by Musical Training , Pages 565-581 15 - Music and Emotion , Pages 583-645 16 - Comparative Music Cognition: Cross-Species and Cross-Cultural Studies , Pages 647-681 17 - Psychologists and Musicians: Then and Now , Pages 683-707 Author Index , Pages 709-746 Subject Index , Pages 747-765 This book explains musical phenomena in terms of mental functions.to characterize the ways in which one perceives, remembers, creates, and performs music. The field of psychology of music has emerged from an interdisciplinary curiosity into a fully ramified subdiscipline of psychology due to several factors. The opportunity to generate, analyze, and transform sounds by computer is no longer limited to a few researchers with access to large multi-user facilities, but rather is available to individual investigators on a widespread basis. Second, dramatic advances in the field of neuroscience have profoundly influenced thinking about the way that music is processed in the brain. Third, collaborations between psychologists and musicians, which were evolving at the time the First Edition was written, are now quite common; to a large extent now speaking a common language and agreeing on basic philosophical issues. This book has been completely revised to bring the reader the most up-to-date information, additional subject matter, and new contributors to incorporate all of these important variables

The Psychology of Music, Third Edition, is a comprehensive reference for understanding the perception, cognition, and performance of music. The first edition became the calling card for the establishment of the field, the second edition was extremely well-reviewed, and the third edition is now 80% revised, incorporating what are now standard areas of study on pitch, rhythm, scales, etc, with newer cutting edge research on computer models of music cognition, comparative studies, brain plasticity, and emotion.

• Encompasses the way the brain perceives, remembers, creates, and performs music
• Contributions from the top international researchers in perception and cognition of music
• Designed for use as a textbook for advanced courses in psychology of music

"The psychology of music is a comprehensive reference for understanding the perception, cognition, and performance of music. The first edition became the calling card for the establishment of the field, the second edition was extremely well-reviewed, and the third edition is now 80% revised, incorporating what are now standard areas of study on pitch, rhythm, scales. etc., with newer cutting edge research on computer models of music cognition, comparative studies, brain plasticity, and emotion."--Page 4 de la couverture Helps you to understand musical phenomena in terms of mental functions - to characterize the ways in which one perceives, remembers, creates, and performs music, this book encompasses the way the brain perceives, remembers, creates, and performs music. It is designed for use as a textbook for advanced courses in psychology of music. The Psychology of Music, Third Edition (2013) 784pp. 978-0-12-381460-9