The Science and Psychology of Music: From Beethoven at the Office to Beyoncé at the Gym

Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part 1 : Understanding Music What Is Music?
• 1. Defining Music
• 2. Sound Waves: The Music inside Sound
• 3. Pitch, Timbre, and Rhythm
• 4. Scales, Intervals, and Tuning Systems Music across Cultures
• 5. Defining Culture
• 6. Cross-Cultural Research in Music Psychology
• 7. Nature versus Nurture
• 8. Musical Universals Musical Expertise
• 9. What Is Musical Expertise?
• 10. Musical Genius
• 11. Genetics and Musical Expertise
• 12. Competitions: Judging Expertise Musical Prodigies and Savants
• 13. Becoming a Musical Prodigy: Hard Work or Born That Way?
• 14. Prodigies in Performance
• 15. Prodigies in Musical Creativity
• 16. Musical Savants Music and the Brain
• 17. Contemporary Approaches to the Neuroscience of Music
• 18. Music and the Brain across the Life Span
• 19. Tone Deafness
• 20. Music and Language
• Part 2 : Psychological and Social Implications of Music Music and Identity
• 21. Defining Ourselves through Music
• 22. Music and Cultural Identity
• 23. Gender Bias in Music History
• 24. Music and Social Class Music and Personality
• 25. Personality and Listeners
• 26. Personality and Musicians
• 27. Who Likes Sad Music and Why?
• 28. Violence and Music Music and Ritual
• 29. Maternal Songs as Bonding Rituals
• 30. Music and Ecstatic States
• 31. Music and Rites of Passage
• 32. Music and Death Music and Belief
• 33. Religion and Music
• 34. Music and Lyrics
• 35. Music and Advertising
• 36. Music and Healing Rituals Music and Social Bonding
• 37. Lullabies
• 38. Love and Music
• 39. Intercultural Relations through Music
• 40. Music as Social Grooming
• Part 3 : Impact and Applications of Music Music and Emotion
• 41. Why Is Music Emotional? Theories of Music and Emotion
• 42. Contemporary Research on Music and Emotion
• 43. Music as Emotion Management
• 44. Music and Emotion across Cultures Music and Memory
• 45. What Is Memory for Music?
• 46. Music and Studying
• 47. Earworms
• 48. Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories (MEAMs) Music and Movement
• 49. Movement and Music Performance
• 50. The Case of Ensemble Performance
• 51. Music and Dance
• 52. Why Do People Exercise to Music? Music and Health
• 53. Defining Music, Health, and Well-Being
• 54. Five Healthy Ingredients of Music
• 55. Music Therapy
• 56. Music and Healthy Aging Music Education
• 57. Music in Schools
• 58. Music Learning across the Life Span
• 59. Music in the Community
• 60. Media and Technology in Music Education About the Editors and
• Contributors
• Index