The Musician's Mind: Teaching, Learning, and Performance in the Age of Brain Science

Contents

• Introduction A New Enchantment A New Enchantment The Brain on Music The "Mozart Effect" Music and the Mind
• Chapter 1 : Science, Art and The Missing Mind What Revolution? Mindless Behaviorism The New Science of Mind Music as a Weapon Science and Art C.P. Snow's "Two Cultures" The "Third Culture" The Theory of Multiple Intelligences The Rescue of Emotion The Oth
• Chapter 2 : Groundwork: at the Foothills Neuromyths and Brainscams In the Shadow of the "Mozart Effect" Tracking a Scientific Legend Exposure Is Not Learning The Left Brain | Right Brain Dichotomy Brain Personalities and Learning Styles Real Brain Gains W
• Chapter 3 : How Learning Works Two Basic Modes of Information Processing Learning Defined The Triumvirate of Learning Step One: Attention Attention Aides: Emotion and Desire Attention Aides: Motivation and Rewards Attention Aide: Goal-Setting Attention Ai
• Chapter 4 : Learned Movement: Motor Learning The Question is How, Not What Motor Learning and Performance Differences Between Learning and Performance Performance Shifts: Upsides and Downsides Negative Performance Shifts and 'Unlearning' The Path to Carne
• Chapter 5 : Performance Studies Deliberate Practice Cognitive Demands of Deliberate Practice Emotional Demands of Deliberate Practice Grit Beyond Deliberate Practice Early Starts and Caring Mentors Tiger Moms and Helicopter Parents The Inverse Power of Pr
• Chapter 6 : Mind Games Break A Leg! - and Other Mind Games Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) Causes of MPA The Physiological Basis of Performance Anxiety Beyond MPA Choking Under Pressure Causes of Choking: The Theory of Explicit Monitoring Causes of Chokin
• Chapter 7 : the Digital Brain Digital Heaven Trouble in Paradise: The "Screen Invasion" Multitasking: "Dumbing Down the World" Interruption Science and Acquired ADD Zebras Don't Multitask, Either Internet Addiction Who is Minding the Store? The Plastic Pa
• Chapter 8 : Emotion, Empathy and the Unification of Art and Science Emotion Understanding Empathy Paying Attention To Empathy Empathy And Goodness Empathy And Bias Leveraging Homophily Instilling Empathy Through Art Coda: The Fourth Culture And The Unific