Music, motor control and the brain
By: edited by Eckart Altenmüller, Mario Wiesendanger, Jurg Kesselring.
Contributors: Altenmüller, Eckart.; Kesselring, Jürg.; Wiesendanger, Mario.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780198530008; 9780199298723
Subjects: Music -- Physiological aspects; Music -- Psychological aspects; Sensorimotor integration; Music; Motor Activity -- physiology; Brain -- physiology; Psychomotor Performance
Description: This text examines the neural basis of musicianship and forms a comprehensive account of the motor skills and associated cognitive processes which are behind musical talent. It covers a range of instruments and performance situations, and examines motor problems in musicians in later life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.