Books, journals, websites and databases pertaining to the psychology of music.
Music Therapy Journals
Music Therapy Database Folder
Books
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
ML3830 .S13 2007 Check Availability |
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In Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people—from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth. |
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This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Reserve ML3830 .L38 2006 Check Availability |
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Levitin's fascination with the mystery of music and the study of why it affects us so deeply is at the heart of this book. In a real sense, the author is a rock 'n' roll doctor, and in that guise dissects our relationship with music. He points out that bone flutes are among the oldest of human artifacts to have been found and takes readers on a tour of our bio-history. |
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Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology
Reference ML3830 .O9 2009 Check Availability |
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a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in this fast-growing area of research. With contributions from over fifty experts in the field, the range and depth of coverage is unequaled. All the chapters combine a solid review of the relevant literature with well-reasoned arguments and robust discussions of the major findings, as well as original insights and suggestions for future work. |
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The Social Psychology of Music
ML3830 .S57 1997 Check Availability |
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This book provides a comprehensive account of the social contexts in which people create, perform, perceive, understand, and react to music. It is the first attempt to define the field in 25 years |
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Selected Journal Titles
Developmental Psychology access through ERIC.
Music Perception access through IIMP.
Psychology of Music access through SAGE Journals.
Psychomusicology access through IIMP.