In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the

A presentation of music and language within an integrative, embodied perspective of brain mechanisms for action, emotion, and social coordination. This book exp

Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even befo

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

Traditionally, music and language have been treated as different psychological faculties. This duality is reflected in older theories about the lateralization o