| Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Evolution, the Musical Brain, Medical Conditions, and Therapies: Volume 217 Contributor(s): Altenmüller, Eckart (Editor), Finger, Stanley (Editor), Boller, Francois (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0444635513 ISBN-13: 9780444635518 Publisher: Elsevier OUR PRICE: $285.12 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Neurology - Medical | Neuroscience - Science | Life Sciences - Neuroscience |
| Dewey: 616.8 |
| Series: Progress in Brain Research |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (1.59 lbs) 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Did you ever ask whether music makes people smart, why a Parkinson patient's gait is improved with marching tunes, and whether Robert Schumann was suffering from schizophrenia or Alzheimer's disease? This broad but comprehensive book deals with history and new discoveries about music and the brain. It provides a multi-disciplinary overview on music processing, its effects on brain plasticity, and the healing power of music in neurological and psychiatric disorders. In this context, the disorders the plagued famous musicians and how they affected both performance and composition are critically discussed, and music as medicine, as well as music as a potential health hazard are examined. Among the other topics covered are: how music fit into early conceptions of localization of function in the brain, the cultural roots of music in evolution, and the important roles played by music in societies and educational systems. |