Music, Language, and the Brain - Paperback

Music, Language, and the Brain - Paperback

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by Aniruddh D. Patel (Author)

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic has been growing rapidly, as scholars from diverse disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, music cognition, and neuroscience are drawn to the music-language interface as one way to explore the extent to which different mental abilities are processed by separate brain mechanisms. Accordingly, the relevant data and theories have been spread across a range of disciplines. This volume provides the first synthesis, arguing that music and language share deep and critical connections, and that comparative research provides a powerful way to study the cognitive and neural
mechanisms underlying these uniquely human abilities.

Winner of the 2008 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.

Author Biography


Aniruddh D. Patel is past president of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition and is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Tufts University.

Number of Pages: 520
Dimensions: 1.06 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: June 01, 2010
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