Music and the brain: the neuroscience of music and musical appreciation
Open Access
- 1 May 2017
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in BJPsych. International
- Vol. 14 (2), 28-31
- https://doi.org/10.1192/s2056474000001720
Abstract
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.Keywords
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