Description
The Neuroscience of Bachs Music: Perception, Action, and Cognition Effects on the Brain is a comprehensive study of Johann Sebastian Bachs music through the lens of neuroscience, examining neuroscience using Bachs music as a tool. This book synthesizes cognitive neuroscience, music theory, and musicology to provide insights into human cognition and perception. It also explores how a neuroscience perspective can improve listening and performing experiences for Bachs music. Written by a physician-neuroscientist recognized for scholarly articles on Bachs music, this book uses specific examples to explore neuroscience across Bachs compositions. The book is structured to discuss the brains action, perception, and cognition as connected to specific Bach concertos, tones, notes, and performances. Two guest contributors provide insight into exact mathematical, or topologic, and music theoretic aspects of Bachs music with implications for cognitive neuroscience.
