Aniruddh Patel: 3 books

A state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music psychology, written by leaders in the field. This authoritative, landmark volume offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music perception and cognition. Eminent scholars from...

Interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and make music. Research shows that all humans have a predisposition for music, just as they do for language. All of us can perceive and enjoy music, even if we can't carry a tune and consider ourselves “unmusical.”...

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time the relationship between music and language has attracted...