The Science and Psychology of Music

From Beethoven at the Office to Beyoncé at the Gym

William Forde Thompson, Kirk N. Olsen (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2025
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
9798216201618 (ISBN)

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This book provides a broad introduction to the scientific and psychological study of music, exploring how music is processed by our brains, affects us emotionally, shapes our personal and cultural identities, and can be used in therapeutic and educational contexts.

Why are some people unable to carry a tune while others are musical savants? What do our musical preferences say about our personality and the culture in which we were raised? Why do certain songs remind us so strongly of particular people, places, or events? How can music be therapeutically used to help those with autism, Parkinson's, and other medical conditions? The Science and Psychology of Music: From Beethoven at the Office to Beyoncé at the Gym answers these and other questions.

This book provides a broad and accessible introduction to the fascinating field of music psychology. Despite its name, music psychology includes a number of fields, including neuroscience, psychology, social psychology, sociology, and health. Through a collection of thematically organized chapters, readers will discover how our brains recognize elements of music, how music can affect us and shape our identities, and the many real-world applications for such information.

William Forde Thompson, PhD, is a Professor in Psychology at Bond University, Australia, and an Emeritus Professor at Macquarie University, Australia. Kirk N. Olsen, PhD, is a Research Centre Manager at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Australia. He is also the Research Manager of the Macquarie University hub of the Music, Sound and Performance Research Group.

Preface
Acknowledgments

Part 1: Understanding Music

What Is Music?
1. Defining Music
2. Sound Waves: The Music inside Sound
3. Pitch, Timbre, and Rhythm
4. Scales, Intervals, and Tuning Systems

Music across Cultures
5. Defining Culture
6. Cross-Cultural Research in Music Psychology
7. Nature versus Nurture
8. Musical Universals

Musical Expertise
9. What Is Musical Expertise?
10. Musical Genius
11. Genetics and Musical Expertise
12. Competitions: Judging Expertise

Musical Prodigies and Savants
13. Becoming a Musical Prodigy: Hard Work or Born That Way?
14. Prodigies in Performance
15. Prodigies in Musical Creativity
16. Musical Savants

Music and the Brain
17. Contemporary Approaches to the Neuroscience of Music
18. Music and the Brain across the Life Span
19. Tone Deafness
20. Music and Language

Part 2: Psychological and Social Implications of Music

Music and Identity
21. Defining Ourselves through Music
22. Music and Cultural Identity
23. Gender Bias in Music History
24. Music and Social Class

Music and Personality
25. Personality and Listeners
26. Personality and Musicians
27. Who Likes Sad Music and Why?
28. Violence and Music

Music and Ritual
29. Maternal Songs as Bonding Rituals
30. Music and Ecstatic States
31. Music and Rites of Passage
32. Music and Death

Music and Belief
33. Religion and Music
34. Music and Lyrics
35. Music and Advertising
36. Music and Healing Rituals

Music and Social Bonding
37. Lullabies
38. Love and Music
39. Intercultural Relations through Music
40. Music as Social Grooming

Part 3: Impact and Applications of Music

Music and Emotion
41. Why Is Music Emotional? Theories of Music and Emotion
42. Contemporary Research on Music and Emotion
43. Music as Emotion Management
44. Music and Emotion across Cultures

Music and Memory
45. What Is Memory for Music?
46. Music and Studying
47. Earworms
48. Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories (MEAMs)

Music and Movement
49. Movement and Music Performance
50. The Case of Ensemble Performance
51. Music and Dance
52. Why Do People Exercise to Music?

Music and Health
53. Defining Music, Health, and Well-Being
54. Five Healthy Ingredients of Music
55. Music Therapy
56. Music and Healthy Aging

Music Education
57. Music in Schools
58. Music Learning across the Life Span
59. Music in the Community
60. Media and Technology in Music Education

About the Editors and Contributors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.07.2025
Zusatzinfo	33 bw illus
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 254 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Ergotherapie
ISBN-13	9798216201618 / 9798216201618
Zustand	Neuware