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Reflections on the Musical Mind: An Evolutionary Perspective
Jay Schulkin
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Description for Reflections on the Musical Mind: An Evolutionary Perspective
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. 62 line illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: AV; JMR; PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
What's so special about music? We experience it internally, yet at the same time it is highly social. Music engages our cognitive/affective and sensory systems. We use music to communicate with one another--and even with other species--the things that we cannot express through language. Music is both ancient and ever evolving. Without music, our world is missing something essential. In Reflections on the Musical Mind, Jay Schulkin offers a social and behavioral neuroscientific explanation of why music matters. His aim is not to provide a grand, unifying theory. Instead, the book guides the reader through the relevant scientific evidence ... Read more
What's so special about music? We experience it internally, yet at the same time it is highly social. Music engages our cognitive/affective and sensory systems. We use music to communicate with one another--and even with other species--the things that we cannot express through language. Music is both ancient and ever evolving. Without music, our world is missing something essential. In Reflections on the Musical Mind, Jay Schulkin offers a social and behavioral neuroscientific explanation of why music matters. His aim is not to provide a grand, unifying theory. Instead, the book guides the reader through the relevant scientific evidence ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
570g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691157443
SKU
V9780691157443
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About Jay Schulkin
Jay Schulkin is Research Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and member at the Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition, both at Georgetown University. He is the author of numerous books, including Roots of Social Sensibility and Neural Function, Bodily Sensibility: Intelligent Action, Cognitive Adaptation: A Pragmatist Perspective, and Adaptation and Well-Being: Social Allostasis.
Reviews for Reflections on the Musical Mind: An Evolutionary Perspective
Complex though the subject is, Schulkin writes with the general reader in mind, balancing and contextualizing scientific particularities with cross-disciplinary discussions of musicology, wider aesthetics and philosophy in an accessible, highly readable style. At 178 pages, it is a compact book, but a wise and welcome one too, on every page a fresh line of enquiry and a reaching towards ... Read more