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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465823403321

Autore

Patel Aniruddh D

Titolo

Music, language, and the brain [[electronic resource] /] / Aniruddh D. Patel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-15877-1

0-19-802877-6

9786611158774

1-4356-1720-7

0-19-512375-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (526 p.)

Disciplina

781.11

Soggetti

Auditory perception - Physiological aspects

Cognitive neuroscience

Communication

Language acquisition - Physiological aspects

Music and language

Music - Physiological aspects

Music - Psychological aspects

Schemas (Psychology)

Sociobiology - Comparative method

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-485) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Sound elements: pitch and timbre -- Rhythm -- Melody -- Syntax -- Meaning -- Evolution.

Sommario/riassunto

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 that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic has been growing rapidly, as scholars from diverse disciplines, including



linguistics, cognitive science, music cognition, and neuroscience are drawn to the music-language interface as one way to