The study of the brain bases for normal musical listening has advanced greatly in the last 30
years. The evidence from basic and clinical neuroscience suggests that listening to music …

Musical skills and expertise vary greatly in Western societies. Individuals can differ in their
repertoire of musical behaviours as well as in the level of skill they display for any single …

Tone languages such as Mandarin use voice pitch to signal lexical contrasts, presenting a
challenge for second/foreign language (L2) learners whose native languages do not use …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 The Power of Music a research synthesis of the impact of actively
making music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young …

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the
standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief …

Examining the intersection of music, psychology, and neuroscience, Music, Thought, and
Feeling, Second Edition, surveys the rapidly growing field of music cognition and explores …

Congenital amusia (commonly known as tone deafness) is a lifelong musical disorder that
affects 4% of the population according to a single estimate based on a single test from 1980 …

Communicating with one's environment requires efficient neural interaction between action
and perception. Neural substrates of sound perception and production are connected by the …

active engagement with music has been associated with cognitive, emotional, and social
benefits, although measures of musicianship are typically limited to music training. A self …

In Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance (2nd edition), the authors consider
music on a broad scale, from its beginning as an acoustical signal to its different …