Exploring the Musical Mind: Cognition, emotion, ability, function
- Author: Sloboda, John
It is rare to find an academic book that is emotionally and morally compelling as well as intellectually engaging. John Sloboda achieves this remarkable feat — More…
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Contents
- Part A: Cognitive Processes
- 1 The psychology of music reading
- 2 Experimental studies of music reading: a review
- 3 The uses of space in music notation
- 4 Immediate recall of melodies
- 5 Cognition and real music: the psychology of music comes of age
- 6 Psychological structures in music: core research 1980-1990
- 7 Book review of Language, Music and Mind
- 8 Does music mean anything?
- Part B: Emotion and Motivation
- 9 Music as a language
- 10 Music psychology and the composer
- 11 Empirical studies of emotional response to music
- 12 Emotional responses to music: a review
- 13 Musical performance and emotion: issues and developments
- Part C: Talent and skill development
- 14 Musical expertise
- 15 Musical ability
- 16 The acquisition of music performance expertise
- 17 Are some children more gifted for music than others?
- Part D: Music in the real world
- 18 Everyday uses of music
- 19 Music: where cognition and emotion meet
- 20 Music and worship: a psychologist's perspective
- 21 Emotion, functionality, and the everyday experience of music
- 22 The sound of music versus the essence of music
- 23 Assessing music psychology research