evolution, the musical brain, medical conditions, and therapies /
edited by Eckart Altenmüller, Stanley Finger and François Boller
First edition
xv, 277 pages :
illustrations ;
25 cm
Progress in brain research,
volume 217
Includes bibliographical references and index
Part 1: Evolutionary considerations. Ch. 1: Darwin and Spencer on the origin of music: is music the food of love? / Kim Kleinman -- Ch. 2: Music evolution and neuroscience / Charles T. Snowdon, Elke Zimmermann, Eckart Altenmüller. Part 2: The musical brain. Ch. 3: Musicians and music making as a model for the study of brain plasticity / Gottfried Schlaug -- Ch. 4: Expert music performance: cognitive, neural, and developmental bases / Rachel M. Brown, Robert J. Zatorre, Virginia B. Penhune. Part 3: New perspectives on neurological and mental disorders. Ch. 5: Apollo's curse: neurological causes of motor impairments in musicians / Eckart Altenmüller, Christos I. Ioannou, Andre Lee -- Ch. 6: Music and its association with epileptic disorders / Melissa Maguire -- Ch. 7: Treatment and prevention of music performance anxiety / Claudia Spahn. Part 4: Music therapies then and now. Ch. 8: Music as therapy in early history / Michael H. Thaut -- Ch. 9: An enlightenment proposal for music therapy: Richard Brocklesby on music, spirit, and the passions / Penelope Gouk -- Ch. 10: Neurological implications and neuropsychological considerations on folk music and dance / Vittorio Alessandro Sironi, Michele Augusto Riva -- Ch. 11: Music and dementia / Amee Baird, Séverine Samson -- Ch. 12: Apollo's gift: new aspects of neurologic music therapy / Eckart Altenmüller, Gottfried Schlaug -- Ch. 13: The discovery of human auditory-motor entrainment and its role in the development of neurologic music therapy / Michael H. Thaut