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Music and the brain: the neuroscience of music and musical appreciation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael Trimble  and
Dale Hesdorffer
Michael Trimble
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK, email mtrimble@ion.ucl.ac.uk
Dale Hesdorffer
Affiliation:
Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and Department of Epidemilogy, Columbia University, New York City, USA
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Abstract

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Through music we can learn much about our human origins and the human brain. Music is a potential method of therapy and a means of accessing and stimulating specific cerebral circuits. There is also an association between musical creativity and psychopathology. This paper provides a brief review.

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BJPsych International , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , May 2017 , pp. 28 - 31
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2017

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