Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology

- A landmark text in the music psychology literature, providing a truly comprehensive overview of the entire field, covering cognition, neuroscience, education, and therapy
- Includes over 50 chapters specially commissioned for the text, each written by the authority in that area
- The volume benefits from a team of specialist advisors, enabling coverage of the field that has hitherto been impossible in any one text

The field of Music Psychology has grown dramatically in the past 20 years, to emerge from being just a minor topic to one of mainstream interest within the brain sciences. However, until now, there has been no comprehensive reference text in the field.

The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology is a landmark text providing, for the first time ever, a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in this fast-growing area of research. With contributions from over fifty experts in the field, the range and depth of coverage is unequalled. All the chapters combine a solid review of the relevant literature with well-reasoned arguments and robust discussions of the major findings, as well as original insights and suggestions for future work.

Written by leading experts, the 52 chapters are divided into 11 sections covering both experimental and theoretical perspectives, each edited by an internationally recognised authority

Ten sections each present chapters that focus on specific areas of music psychology:

- the origins and functions of music
- music perception
- responses to music
- music and the brain
- musical development
- learning musical skills
- musical performance
- composition and improvisation
- the role of music in our everyday lives
- music therapy and conceptual frameworks

In each section, expert authors critically review the literature, highlight current issues, and explore possibilities for the future. The final section examines how in recent years the study of music psychology has broadened to include a range of other scientific disciplines. It considers the way that the research has developed in relation to technological advances, fostering links across the field and providing an overview of the areas where the field needs further development in the future.
The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology will be the essential reference text for students and researchers across psychology and neuroscience.

CONTENIDO:

Part I - The Origins and Functions of Music edited by Ian Cross
1: Ian Cross: The nature of music and its evolution
2: Catherine Stevens & Tim Byron: Universals in music processing
3: Ian Cross & Elizabeth Tolbert: Music and meaning
4: Martin Clayton: The social and personal functions of music in cross-cultural perspective

Part II - Music Perception edited by Ian Cross
5: Thomas Stainsby & Ian Cross: The perception of pitch
6: Emmanuel Bigand & Benedicte Poulin-Charronat: Tonal cognition
7: Stephen McAdams & Bruno L Giordano: The perception of musical timbre
8: Mari Riess Jones: Musical time
9: Mark A Schmuckler: Components of melodic processing
10: Bob Snyder: Memory for music

Part III - Responses to Music edited by Donald Hodges
11: Donald A Hodges: Bodily responses to music
12: Patrik N Juslin: Emotional responses to music
13: Alf Gabrielsson: The relationship between musical structure and perceived expression
14: David Huron: Aesthetics
15: Alexandra Lamont & Alinka Greasley: Musical preferences

Part IV - Music and the Brain edited by Aniruddh Patel
16: Laurel J Trainor & Robert J Zatorre: The neurobiological basis of musical expectations
17: Lauren Stewart, Katharina von Kriegstein, Simone Dalla Bella, Jason D Warren & Timothy D Griffiths: Disorders of musical cognition
18: Gottfried Schlaug: Music, musicians and brain plasticity
19: Aniruddh D Patel: Music and the brain: three links to language

Part V - Musical Development edited by David Hargreaves
20: Richard Parncutt: Prenatal development and the phylogeny and ontogeny of musical behaviour
21: Sandra E Trehub: Music lessons from infants
22: Alexandra Lamont: Music in the school years
23: Frances H Rauscher: The impact of music instruction on other skills

Part VI - Learning Musical Skills edited by Susan Hallam
24: Gary McPherson & Susan Hallam: Musical potential
25: Harald Jorgensen & Susan Hallam: Practising
26: Helena Gaunt & Susan Hallam: Individuality in the learning of musical skills
27: Susan Hallam: Motivation to learn
28: Andrea Creech: The role of the family in support learning
29: Graham Welch & Adam Ockelford: The role of the institution and teachers in supporting learning

Part VII - Musical Performance edited by Richard Parncutt
30: W Luke Windsor: Measurement and models of performance
31: Eckart Altenmueller & Sabine Schneider: Planning and performance
32: Andreas C Lehmann & Reinhard Kopiez: Sight-reading
33: Roger Chaffin, Topher Logan & Kristen T Begosh: Performing from memory
34: Jane W Davidson: Movement and collaboration in musical performance
35: Patrik N Juslin: Emotion in music performance
36: Dianna T Kenny & Bronwen Ackermann: Optimising physical and psychological health in performing musicians

Part VIII - Composition and Improvisation edited by Peter Webster
37: Jonathan Impett: Making a mark: the psychology of composition
38: Richard Ashley: Musical improvisation
39: Peter R Webster: Children as creative thinkers in music: focus on composition

Part IX - The Role of Music in our Everyday Lives edited by John Sloboda
40: John Sloboda, Alexandra Lamont & Alinka Greasley: Choosing to hear music: motivation, process and effect
41: Annabel J Cohen: Music in performance arts: film, theatre and dance
42: John Whaley, John Sloboda & Alf Gabrielsson: Peak experiences in music
43: Raymond MacDonald, David J Hargreaves & Dorothy Miell: Musical identities
44: Susan Hallam & Raymond MacDonald: The effects of music and community and educational settings
45: Adrian C North & David J Hargreaves: Music and consumer behaviour

Part X - Music Therapy edited by Michael Thaut
46: Shannon de l'Etoile & Alicia Clair: Music therapy: processes of music therapy
47: Corene Hurt-Thaut: Clinical practice in music therapy
48: Barbara Wheeler: Research and evaluation in music therapy
49: Anne Kathrin Leins, Ralph Spintge & Michael Thaut: Music therapy in medical and neurological rehabilitation settings

Part XI - Conceptual Frameworks, Research Methods and Future edited by Susan Hallam, Ian Cross & Michael Thaut
50: Adam Ockelford: Beyond music psychology
51: Michael Thaut: History and research
52: Susan Hallam, Ian Cross & Michael Thaut: Where now?