A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research into
the effects of music on the brain
* Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception,
including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action,
music and emotion
* Includes general introductory chapters to engage a broad
readership, as well as a wealth of detailed research material for
experts
* Offers the most empirical (and most systematic) work on the
topics of neural correlates of musical syntax and musical
semantics
* Integrates research from different domains (such as music,
language, action and emotion both theoretically and empirically, to
create a comprehensive theory of music psychology
