Rhythm, Music, and the Brain: Scientific Foundations and Clinical Applications

by Michael Thaut and Michael H. Thaut

Book Overview

With the advent of modern cognitive neuroscience and new tools of studying the human brain "live," music as a highly complex, temporally ordered and rule-based sensory language quickly became a fascinating topic of study. The question of "how" music moves us, stimulates our thoughts, feelings, and kinesthetic sense, and how it can reach the human experience in profound ways is now measured with the advent of modern cognitive neuroscience. The goal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041596475X
• ISBN13: 9780415964753
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"