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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The art and science of music psychology
The history of thinking about music and the mind
Contemporary approaches to music and the mind
Computer modeling
Corpus studies
Behavioral research
Cognitive neuroscience methods
Clinical approaches
Qualitative approaches
Chapter 2: The biological origins of music
The musical brain
Music and health
Are nonhuman animals musical?
The evolutionary origins of music
Chapter 3: Music as language
Musical grammar and musical expressivity
Learning in music and language
Musical meaning
Music-language interactions
The border between speech and music
Chapter 4: Listening in time
Perceiving meter and rhythm
The temporal emergence of melody and voices
Action and perception in music listening
Chapter 5: The psychology of music performance
Expressivity in performance
Experiencing performance
The mechanics of music performance
Practice makes a difference
Creativity and improvisation
Chapter 6: Human musicality
Pitch perception
The development of musicality
The effects of musical training
Individual differences
Special musical abilities
Special musical deficits
Chapter 7: The appetite for music
Emotional responses to music
Aesthetic responses to music
Musical liking
Musical functions and motivation
Chapter 8: The future
Music and big data
Earworms and musical memory
Cross-cultural approaches
References
Index
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