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Description:Did you ever ask whether music makes people smart, why a Parkinson patient's gait is improved with marching tunes, and whether Robert Schumann was suffering from schizophrenia or Alzheimer's disease? This broad but comprehensive book deals with history and new discoveries about music and the brain. It provides a multi-disciplinary overview on music processing, its effects on brain plasticity, and the healing power of music in neurological and psychiatric disorders. In this context, the disorders the plagued famous musicians and how they affected both performance and composition are critically discussed, and music as medicine, as well as music as a potential health hazard are examined. Among the other topics covered are: how music fit into early conceptions of localization of function in the brain, the cultural roots of music in evolution, and the important roles played by music in societies and educational systems. Topic: Music is interesting to almost everybodyOrientation: This book looks at music and the brain both historically and in the light of the latest research findingsComprehensiveness: This is the largest and most comprehensive volume on "music and neurology" ever written!Quality of authors: This volume is written by a unique group of real world experts representing a variety of fields, ranging from history of science and medicine to neurology and musicologyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Evolution, the Musical Brain, Medical Conditions, and Therapies (Progress in Brain Research). To get started finding Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Evolution, the Musical Brain, Medical Conditions, and Therapies (Progress in Brain Research), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Did you ever ask whether music makes people smart, why a Parkinson patient's gait is improved with marching tunes, and whether Robert Schumann was suffering from schizophrenia or Alzheimer's disease? This broad but comprehensive book deals with history and new discoveries about music and the brain. It provides a multi-disciplinary overview on music processing, its effects on brain plasticity, and the healing power of music in neurological and psychiatric disorders. In this context, the disorders the plagued famous musicians and how they affected both performance and composition are critically discussed, and music as medicine, as well as music as a potential health hazard are examined. Among the other topics covered are: how music fit into early conceptions of localization of function in the brain, the cultural roots of music in evolution, and the important roles played by music in societies and educational systems. Topic: Music is interesting to almost everybodyOrientation: This book looks at music and the brain both historically and in the light of the latest research findingsComprehensiveness: This is the largest and most comprehensive volume on "music and neurology" ever written!Quality of authors: This volume is written by a unique group of real world experts representing a variety of fields, ranging from history of science and medicine to neurology and musicologyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Evolution, the Musical Brain, Medical Conditions, and Therapies (Progress in Brain Research). To get started finding Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Evolution, the Musical Brain, Medical Conditions, and Therapies (Progress in Brain Research), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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