Music, neurology, and neuroscience : evolution, the musical brain, medical conditions, and therapies /

• Other Authors: Altenmüller, Eckart (Editor), Finger, Stanley (Editor), Boller, François (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2015.
• Series: Progress in brain research ; v. 217.
• Subjects: Music > Psychological aspects.; Neurology.; Neurosciences.; MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.; Music Therapy.; Electronic books.

Did you ever ask whether music makes people smart, why a Parkinson patient's gait is improved with marching tunes, and whether Robert Schumann was suffering from schizophrenia or Alzheimer's disease? This broad but comprehensive book deals with history and new discoveries about music and t...