Music meets medicine
By: editors Matti Klockars and Miikka Peltomaa
Contributors: Klockars, Matti; Peltomaa, Miikka; Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation
Series: Acta Gyllenbergiana -- VII
Publisher: Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9789519878652
Subjects: Music; Physiological effect; Music therapy
Notes: The XXI Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Symposium, Hanasaari Congress Center, September 20 - 22, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Music, culture and evolution / Ian Cross; title: Music and medicine: a meeting in metaphor / H.M. Evans; title: Music and biological rhythms / Luciano Bernardi & Peter Sleight; title: How to image the human brain / Riitta Hari; title: Cortical processing of music sounds / Mari Tervaniemi; title: Modern neuroscience for the musician / Eckart Altenmüller; title: Music : superior communication / Eero Tarasti; title: Music and religion: Finnish and Namibian perspectives / Pekka Vapaavuori; title: Mental responses to music / Göran Krantz; title: Music therapy / Jaakko Erkkilä; title: Absolute pitch: both a curse and a blessing / Daniel J. Levitin; title: Upper-extremity difficulties of instrumental musicians / Richard N. Norris; title: Musical instruments : a risk to your health / Jochen Blum; title: What is a good singer made of? / Miikka Peltomaa; title: Composer : profession, vocation, destiny? / Olli Kortekangas; title: Medical profession in opera / Reijo Norio; title: Music and infectious diseases : two stories / Heikki Peltola.