The past 15 years have witnessed an increasing interest in the comparative study of language and music as cognitive systems. This book presents an interdiscipli
In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the
The past 15 years have witnessed an increasing interest in the comparative study of language and music as cognitive systems. This book presents an interdiscipli
Music, Passion, and Cognitive Function examines contemporary cognitive theories of music, why they cannot explain music’s power over us, and the origin and ev
Traditionally, music and language have been treated as different psychological faculties. This duality is reflected in older theories about the lateralization o