Music, Language, and the Brain

by Aniruddh D. Patel

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007I0HKNU
• ISBN13: 9780199755301
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"