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Table of Contents: Preface 1. Neuromusical Research ¿ An Overview of the Literature (Richard D. Edwards, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY and Donald A. Hodges, Univ. of N.C., Greensboro, USA) 2. Born to Learn: Early Learning Optimizes Brain Function (Anna Katharina Braun, and Joerg Bock, Otto-von-Guericke Universität, Magdeburg, Germany) 3. Music Learning in Childhood. Early Developments of a Musical Brain and Body (John W. Flohr, Texas Woman's Univ., Texas and Colwyn Trevarthen, Univ. of Edinburgh, UK) 4. Neural Correlates of Music Learning and Understanding (Gottfried Schlaug, Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Center and Harvard Med. School, Boston, MA and Marc Bangert, Neuroimaging Lab, BIDMC and Harvard Med. School, Boston, USA) 5. Motor Learning and Instrumental Training (Eckart Altenmueller, Univ. of Music and Drama, Hanover, Germany and Gary E. McPherson, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA) 6. Neuroscience of Music and Emotion (Gunter Kreutz, Royal Northen College of Music, Manchester, UK and Martin Lotze, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt- Univ., Greifswald, Germany) 7. Unpacking the Impact of Music on Intelligence (James S. Catterall, Univ. of Calif., USA and Frances H. Rauscher, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, USA) 8. Neuroscientific Aspects of Giftedness and Musical Talent (Marianne Hassler, Univ. Tuebingen, Germany and Leon K. Miller, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, USA) 9. Music Learning of Individuals with Disabilities and Mental Disorders (Eckart Altenmueller, Univ. of Music and Drama, Hanover, Germany) 10. The Neurobiology of Learning: New Approaches to Music Pedagogy Conclusions and Implications (Wilfried Gruhn, Univ. of Music, Freiburg and Grodon Inst. for Early Childhood Music Learning, Germany and Frances H. Rauscher, Univ. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA) Glossary Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Music -- Physiological aspects.
Musical ability in children.
Music -- Psychological aspects.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Neurobiology.
Child Psychology.
Music -- psychology.
Brain -- growth & development.
Child Development.
Learning -- physiology.