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A state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music psychology.
Foundations in Music Psychology
Theory and Research
Edited by Peter Jason Rentfrow and Daniel J. Levitin
Distinguished scholars from a range of disciplines, employing a variety of methodologies, describe significant findings from core areas of the field, including music cognition, the neuroscience of music, musical performance, and music therapy.
The book's sections cover music perception; music cognition; music, neurobiology, and evolution; musical training, ability, and performance; and musical experience in everyday life. Chapters treat such topics as pitch, rhythm, and timbre; musical expectancy, musicality, musical disorders, and absolute pitch; brain processes involved in music perception, cross-species studies of music cognition, and music across cultures; improvisation, the assessment of musical ability, and singing; and music and emotions, musical preferences, and music therapy.