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Music, Passion, and Cognitive Function
Monograph exploring the evolution of music and language as it relates to the brain and cognitive function
Leonid Perlovsky (Author)
9780128094617, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 6 March 2017
202 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.4 cm, 0.29 kg
"In laying out a theory with such explanatory power, one should be expected to meticulously detail the previous literature, discussing in depth why previous theories should be discounted. Surprisingly, Perlovsky dismisses many of the theories rather offhandedly." --PsycCritiques Vol 62 No. 43 "This excellent book offers unique cognitive explanations confirmed in experiments…Professor Perlovsky demonstrates that music helps overcome cognitive dissonances, unify the inner world, survive in a sea of grief, and continue cultural evolution." --Professor Michel Cabanac de Lafregeyre, Laval University, Psychiatry and Neuroscience "The only theory explaining power of music, its cognitive mechanisms, and making predictions confirmed by experiments is described in this book. Cognitive musicology becomes a "hard" science." --Professor Nobuo Masataka, Kyoto University
Music, Passion, and Cognitive Function examines contemporary cognitive theories of music, why they cannot explain music’s power over us, and the origin and evolution of music. The book presents experimental confirmations of the theory in psychological and neuroimaging research, discussing the parallel evolution of consciousness, musical styles, and cultures since Homer and King David. In addition, it explains that 'in much wisdom is much grief' due to cognitive dissonances created by language that splits the inner world. Music enables us to survive in this sea of grief, overcomes discomforts and stresses of acquiring new knowledge, and unifies the soul, hence the power of music.
1. Theories of Music2. Mechanisms of the Mind: From Instincts to Beauty3. Language and Wholeness of Psyche4. Music5. Experimental Tests of the Theory: Music6. Experimental Tests of the Theory: Beauty and Meaning7. Music and Culture: Parallel Evolution8. Musical Emotions and Personality9. Other Aesthetic Emotions10. Future Research and Summary
Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR]
