Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology

by Hallam, Susan; Cross, Ian; Thaut, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780199298457
• ISBN10: 0199298459
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The field of Music Psychology has grown dramatically in the past 20 years, to emerge from being just a minor topic to one of mainstream interest within the brain sciences. However, until now, there has been no comprehensive reference text in the field.The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology is a landmark text providing, for the first time ever, a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in this fast-growing area of research. With contributions from over fifty experts in the field, the range and depth of coverage is unequalled. All thechapters combine a solid review of the relevant literature with well-reasoned arguments and robust discussions of the major findings, as well as original insights and suggestions for future work. Written by leading experts, the 52 chapters are divided into 11 sections covering both experimental and theoretical perspectives, each edited by an internationally recognised authority Ten sections each present chapters that focus on specific areas of music psychology:- the origins and functions of music- music perception- responses to music- music and the brain- musical development- learning musical skills- musical performance- composition and improvisation- the role of music in our everyday lives - music therapy and conceptual frameworks In each section, expert authors critically review the literature, highlight current issues, and explore possibilities for the future. The final section examines how in recent years the study of music psychology has broadened to include a range of other scientific disciplines. It considers the waythat the research has developed in relation to technological advances, fostering links across the field and providing an overview of the areas where the field needs further development in the future.The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology will be the essential reference text for students and researchers across psychology and neuroscience.

Author Biography

Susan Hallam is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London and currently Dean of the Faculty of Policy and Society. She pursued careers as both a professional musician and a music educator before completing her psychology studies and becoming an academic in 1991 in the department of Educational Psychology at the Institute. Her research interests include disaffection from school, ability grouping and homework and issues relating to learning in music, practising, performing, musical ability, musical understanding and the effects of music on behaviour and studying. She is past editor of Psychology of Music, Psychology of Education Review and Learning Matters. She has twice been Chair of the Education Section of the British Psychological Society, and is currently treasurer of the British Educational Research Association, an auditor for the Quality Assurance Agency and an Academician of the Learned Societies for the Social Sciences.
Ian Cross teaches at the University of Cambridge where he is Reader in Music & Science, Director of the Centre for Music & Science and a Fellow of Wolfson College. He has published widely in the field of music cognition. His principal research focus at present is on music as a biocultural phenomenon, involving collaboration with psychologists, anthropologists, archaeologists and computational neuroscientists. His research explores the biological and cultural bases for human musicality, in particular, the mechanisms underlying the capacity for achievement and maintenance of inter-individual synchrony of behaviour, those underlying the experience of meaning in engagement with music, and those involved in the cognition and perception of multi-levelled structure in both music and language. Michael H Thaut received his masters and PhD in music from Michigan State University. He is also a graduate of the Mozarteum Music Conservatory in Salzburg/Austria. At Colorado State University he is a Professor of Music and a Professor of Neuroscience and serves as Executive Director of the School of the Arts and Chairman of the Dept of Music, Theater, and Dance. He has also directed the Center for Biomedical Research in Music for 12 years. Dr Thaut's internationally recognized research focuses on brain function in music, especially time information processing in the brain related to rhythmicity and biomedical applications of music to neurologic rehabilitation of cognitive and motor function. He has received both the National Research Award and the National Service Award from the American Music Therapy Association. He is an elected member of the World Academy of Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology and in 2007 he was elected President of the International Society for Clinical Neuromusicology.

Table of Contents

The Origins and Functions of Music editedAnne Kathrin Leins, Ralph Spintge and Michael ThautIan Cross

The nature of music and its evolution

Universals in music processing

Music and meaning

The social and personal functions of music in cross-cultural perspective

Music Perception edited

The perception of pitch

Tonal cognition

The perception of musical timbre

Musical time

Components of melodic processing

Memory for music

Responses to Music edited

Bodily responses to music

Emotional responses to music

The relationship between musical structure and perceived expression

Aesthetics

Musical preferences

Music and the Brain edited

The neurobiological basis of musical expectations

Disorders of musical cognition

Music, musicians and brain plasticity

Music and the brain: three links to language

Musical Development edited

Prenatal development and the phylogeny and ontogeny of musical behaviour

Music lessons from infants

Music in the school years

The impact of music instruction on other skills

Learning Musical Skills edited

Musical potential

Practising

Individuality in the learning of musical skills

Motivation to learn

The role of the family in support learning

The role of the institution and teachers in supporting learning

Musical Performance edited

Measurement and models of performance

Planning and performance

Sight-reading

Performing from memory

Movement and collaboration in musical performance

Emotion in music performance

Optimising physical and psychological health in performing musicians

Composition and Improvisation edited

Making a mark: the psychology of composition

Musical improvisation

Children as creative thinkers in music: focus on composition

The Role of Music in our Everyday Lives edited

Choosing to hear music: motivation, process and effect

Music in performance arts: film, theatre and dance

Peak experiences in music

Musical identities

The effects of music and community and educational settings

Music and consumer behaviour

Music Therapy edited

Music therapy: processes of music therapy

Clinical practice in music therapy

Research and evaluation in music therapy

Music therapy in medical and neurological rehabilitation settings

Conceptual Frameworks, Research Methods and Future edited

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