The Routledge Companion to Music Cognition

Richard Ashley is Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition at Northwestern University, where he also holds appointments in Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. Renee Timmers is Reader in Psychology of Music at the Department of Music, The University of Sheffield, UK, where she directs the research center, "Music, Mind, Machine in Sheffield."

Part 1: Music from the Air to the Brain

1 Music from the Air to the Brain and Body (EDWARD W. LARGE)

2 Music and the Brain: Areas and Networks (PSYCHE LOUI AND EMILY PRZYSINDA)

3 Music in the Brain: Imagery and Memory (REBECCA S. SCHAEFER)

4 Music in the Brain: Music and Language Processing (MIREILLE BESSON, MYLÈNE BARBAROUX, AND EVA DITTINGER)

5 Music and the Brain: Music and Cognitive Abilities (REYNA L. GORDON AND CYRILLE L. MAGNE)

6 Music, Brain and Movement: Time, Beat and Rhythm (MOLLY J. HENRY AND JESSICA A. GRAHN)

7 Music and Health: Physical, Mental, and Emotional (SUVI SAARIKALLIO)

8 Music and Healing Processes: Music Therapy (JÖRG FACHNER)

9 Music, Pleasure, and Social Affiliation: Hormones and Neurotransmitters (RONI GRANOT)

Part 2: Hearing and Listening to Music

10 Musical Structure: Time and Rhythm (PETER MARTENS AND FERNANDO BENADON)

11 Musical Structure: Sound and Timbre (STEPHEN MCADAMS AND MEGHAN GOODCHILD)

12 Musical Structure: Tonality, Melody, Harmonicity, and Counterpoint (DANIEL SHANAHAN)

13 Musical Structure: Melody, Texture, and Harmony in the Classical Tradition (ROBERT GJERDINGEN)

14 Harmony and Melody in Popular Music (DAVID TEMPERLEY AND TREVOR DE CLERCQ)

15 Musical Structure: Form (RICHARD ASHLEY)

16 Music Production: Recording Technology and Acousmatic Listening (RAGNHILD BRØVIG-HANSSEN AND ANNE DANIELSEN)

17 Musical Connections: Absolute Pitch (ELIZABETH WEST MARVIN)

18 Musical Connections: Crossmodal Correspondences (ZOHAR EITAN)

19 Musical Connections: Music Perception and Neurological Deficits (BARBARA TILLMAN, CATHERINE HIREL, YOHANA LÉVÊQUE, AND ANNE CACLIN)

20 Assisted Music Listening in Hearing Impairment (TONYA R. BERGESON AND RACHAEL FRUSH HOLT)

Part 3: Making and Using Music

21 Creating Music: Composition (ROGER T. DEAN)

22 Music Improvisation: A Challenge for Empirical Research (PETER VUUST AND MORTEN KRINGELBACH)

23 Performing Music: Written Traditions (DOROTTYA FABIAN)

24 Performing Music: Oral and Improvising Traditions (NIKKI MORAN)

25 Performing Music: Humans, Computers, and Electronics (ELAINE CHEW AND ANDREW MCPHERSON)

26 Music with Others: Ensembles, Conductors, and Interpersonal Coordination (CLEMENS WÖLLNER AND PETER E. KELLER)

27 Music Alone and with Others: Listening, Sharing and Celebrating (ALEXANDRA LAMONT)

28 Music and Text: Vocal Musicianship (ANNABEL J. COHEN)

29 Music and Movement: Musical Instruments and Performers (LAURA BISHOP AND WERNER GOEBL)

30 Scene and Heard: The Role of Music in Shaping Interpretations of Film (SIU-LAN TAN)

31 Music as Enabling: Enhancing Sport, Work, and Other Pursuits (NICOLA DIBBEN)

Part 4: Developing Musicality

32 Music across the Species (BRUNO GINGRAS)

33 Music Cognition: Developmental and Multimodal Perspectives (SANDRA E. TREHUB AND MICHAEL W. WEISS)

34 Musical Expertise: Genetics, Experience, and Training (WILLIAM F. THOMPSON, MIRIAM A. MOSING, AND FREDRIK ULLÉN)

35 Learning Music: Informal Processes and their Outcomes (LUCY GREEN AND TIM SMART)

36 Music and Social Cognition in Adolescence (SUSAN A. O’NEILL)

37 Musical Preference: Personality, Style, and Music Use (JONNA K. VUOSKOSKI)

Part 5: Musical Meanings

38 Music Cognition: Investigations through the Centuries (KYUNG MYUNG LEE)

39 Music and Communication (RICHARD ASHLEY)

40 Emotion in Music Listening (RENEE TIMMERS)

41 Music, Analogy, and Metaphor (LAWRENCE M. ZBIKOWSKI)

42 Musical Aesthetics and Values (ELIZABETH HELLMUTH MARGULIS)

43 Music’s Meanings (ERIC F. CLARKE)