Table of Contents: Preface pp. i-x
Chapter 1 - Neuromusical Research – An Overview of the Literature, pp. 1-25;
(Richard D. Edwards, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY and Donald A. Hodges, Univ. of N.C., Greensboro, USA)
Chapter 2 - Born to Learn: Early Learning Optimizes Brain Function, pp. 27-51;
(Anna Katharina Braun, and Joerg Bock, Otto-von-Guericke Universität, Magdeburg, Germany)
Chapter 3 - Music Learning in Childhood. Early Developments of a Musical Brain and Body, pp. 53-99;
(John W. Flohr, Texas Woman's Univ., Texas and Colwyn Trevarthen, Univ. of Edinburgh, UK)
Chapter 4 - Neural Correlates of Music Learning and Understanding, pp. 101-120;
(Gottfried Schlaug, Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Center and Harvard Med. School, Boston, MA and Marc Bangert, Neuroimaging Lab, BIDMC and Harvard Med. School, Boston, USA)
Chapter 5 - Motor Learning and Instrumental Training, pp. 121-142;
(Eckart Altenmueller, Univ. of Music and Drama, Hanover, Germany and Gary E. McPherson, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Chapter 6 - Neuroscience of Music and Emotion, pp. 143-167;
(Gunter Kreutz, Royal Northen College of Music, Manchester, UK and Martin Lotze, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Univ., Greifswald, Germany)
Chapter 7 - Unpacking the Impact of Music on Intelligence,
pp. 169-198;
(James S. Catterall, Univ. of Calif., USA and Frances H. Rauscher, Univ. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA)
Chapter 8 - Neuroscientific Aspects of Giftedness and Musical Talent, pp. 199-227;
(Marianne Hassler, Univ. Tuebingen, Germany and Leon K. Miller, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
Chapter 9 - Music Learning of Individuals with Disabilities and Mental Disorders, pp. 229-262;
(Eckart Altenmueller, Univ. of Music and Drama, Hanover, Germany)
Chapter 10 - The Neurobiology of Learning: New Approaches to Music Pedagogy., pp. 263-295;
Conclusions and Implications (Wilfried Gruhn, Univ. of Music, Freiburg and Grodon Inst. for Early Childhood Music Learning, Germany and Frances H. Rauscher, Univ. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA)
Glossary pp.283-292
About The Contributors pp.293-300
Index pp.301-322
