Approx.542 pages

The book can be used as a reference source for perceptual and cognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, and musicians. It can also serve as a textbook for advanced courses in the psychological study of music.

This book will be invaluable to undergraduates and postgraduate students in psychology and music, and will appeal to anyone who is interested in the vital and expanding field of psychology of music.

This book describes new approaches to teaching music, learning music, and making music at all educational and skill levels.

The fifth edition of Psychological Foundations of Musical Behavior appears at a time of continuing worldwide anxiety and turmoil.

This is first book to explore the psychological processes involved in the integration of sound and image when engaging with film, television, video, interactive games, and computer interfaces

This authoritative, landmark volume offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music perception and cognition.

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Unlike many serious studies of music, the book is concerned not just with classical music but equally with pop, jazz, and folk. The author is principally concerned with the listener, and with the many theories of 'musicality.

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