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The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology

  • Editor: Cross, Ian
  • Editor: Hallam, Susan
  • Editor: Thaut, Michael H.
The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology presents an extraordinarily comprehensive view of the many elements that constitute the psychology of music. In essence, it is a treasure trove of information... More…

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Contents

  • Part 1: The origins and functions of music
  • 1 Ian Cross: The nature of music and its evolution
  • 2 Catherine J. Stevens and Tim Bryon: Universals in music processing: Entrainment, acquiring expectations and learning
  • 3 Ian Cross and Elizabeth Tolbert: Music and meaning
  • 4 Martin Clayton: The social and personal functions of music in cross-cultural perspective
  • Part 2: Music perception
  • 5 Thomas Stainsby & Ian Cross: The perception of pitch
  • 6 Psyche Loui: Absolute pitch
  • 7 Emmanuel Bigand and Benedicte Poulin-Charronnat: Tonal cognition
  • 8 Stephen McAdams and Bruno L. Giordano: The perception of musical timbre
  • 9 Mari Riess Jones: Musical time
  • 10 Mark A. Schmuckler: Tonality and contour in melodic processing
  • 11 Bob Snyder: Memory for music
  • Part 3: Responses to music
  • 12 Donald A. Hodges: Bodily Responses to Music
  • 13 Patrik N. Juslin: Emotional reactions to music
  • 14 Alf Gabrielsson: The relationship between musical structure and perceived expression
  • 15 David Huron: Aesthetics
  • 16 Donald A. Hodges: The neuroaesthetics of music
  • 17 Alika Greasley and Alexandra Lamont: Musical preferences
  • Part 4: Music and the Brain
  • 18 Laurel J. Trainor and Robert J. Zatorre: The neurobiology of musical expectations from perception to emotion
  • 19 Psyche Loui: Disorders of music cognition
  • 20 Simone Dalla Bella: Music and brain plasticity
  • 21 Sebastian Jentschke: The relationship between music and language
  • 22 Daniel J. Cameron and Jessica A. Grahn: The neuroscience of rhythm
  • Part 5: Musical development
  • 23 Richard Parncutt: Prenatal development and the phylogeny and ontogeny of musical behaviour
  • 24 Sandra E. Trehub: Infant musicality
  • 25 Alexandra Lamont: Music development from the early years onwards
  • 26 E. Glenn Schellenberg: Music training and nonmusical abilities
  • Part 6: Learning musical skills
  • 27 Gary McPherson and Susan Hallam: Musical potential
  • 28 Harald Jorgensen and Susan Hallam: Practicing
  • 29 Helena Gaunt and Susan Hallam: Individuality in the learning of musical skills
  • 30 Susan Hallam: Motivation to learn
  • 31 Andrea Creech: The role of the family in supporting learning
  • 32 Graham Welch and Adam Ockelford: The role of the institution and teachers in supporting learning
  • Part 7: Musical performance
  • 33 Eckart Altenmuller & Shinichi Furuya: Planning and performance
  • 34 Andreas Lehmann and Reinhardt Kopiez: Sight reading
  • 35 Roger Chaffin, Alexander P. Demos and Topher Logan: Performing from memory
  • 36 Jane W. Davidson and Mary C. Broughton: Bodily Mediated Coordination, Collaboration, and Communication in Music Performance
  • 37 Patrik N. Juslin and Erik Lindstrom: Emotion in music performance
  • 38 Erica Bisesi and W. Luke Windsor: Expression and communication of structure in music performance: measurements and models
  • 39 Dianna Theadora Kenny and Bronwen J. Ackermann: Optimizing physical and psychological health in performing musicians
  • Part 8: Composition and improvisation
  • 40 Jonathan Impett: Making a mark: The psychology of composition
  • 41 Richard Ashley: Musical Improvisation
  • 42 Peter R. Webster: Pathways to the Study of Music Composition by Preschool to Precollege Students
  • Part 9: The role of music in our everyday lives
  • 43 Alexandra Lamont, Alika Greasley and John Sloboda: Choosing to hear music: motivation, process, and effect
  • 44 Annabel J. Cohen: Music in performance arts: Film, theatre and dance
  • 45 Alf Gabrielsson, John Whaley and John Sloboda: Peak experiences with music
  • 46 David J. Hargreaves, Raymond MacDonald and Dorothy Miell: Musical identities
  • 47 Susan Hallam and Raymond MacDonald: The effects of music in community and education settings
  • 48 Adrian C. North, David J. Hargreaves and Amanda E. Krause: Music and consumer behavior
  • Part 10: Music Therapy
  • 49 Shannon De l'Etoile: Processes of music therapy: Clinical and Scientific Rationales and Models
  • 50 Corene Hurt-Thaut: Clinical Practice in music therapy
  • 51 Barabara L. Wheeler: Research in music therapy
  • 52 Stefan Mainka, Ralph K. W. Spintge and Michael Thaut: Music Therapy in Medical and Neurological Rehabilitation Settings
  • Part 11: Conceptual frameworks, research methods and future directions
  • 53 Adam Ockelford: Beyond Music Psychology
  • 54 Michael Thaut: History and research
  • 55 Susan Hallam, Ian Cross and Michael Thaut: Where now?