Music, Medicine, and the Neurobiology of Creativity

Phillip L. Pearl is the William G. Lennox Chair in the Department of Neurology at Boston Children's Hospital and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. He attended Johns Hopkins University and Peabody Conservatory of Music, was formerly Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Music at George Washington University. A physician-musician, he is Past-President of the Professors of Child Neurology and Child Neurology Society and has lectured and published extensively on the borderlands of music and medicine. Saman Arfaie earned dual degrees in Neurobiology and Persian Literature, with minors in Chemistry and Music, from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed his Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery at McGill University. A physician-musician and neurology resident at McGill, his work at the intersection of science, medicine, and the arts has garnered numerous national and international awards. He is a nationally sought-after TEDx speaker.

• Foreword; Preface Lisa Wong; Part I. The Neurobiology of Creativity: 1. Cerebral processing of music and its possible biological role Itay Tokatly Latzer, Saman Arfaie and Phillip L. Pearl; 2. Neural substrates of musical creativity Karen Chan Barrett, and Charles J. Limb; 3. Auditory-motor interactions in musical creativity David M. Bashwiner; 4. The genetic basis of musicality Daniel Yeom and Sarah J. Wilson; 5. How tempo, harmony, melody, and rhythm affect the autonomic nervous system Kamal R. Chémali; Part II. Medical Problems of Musical Masters: 6. Mozart: music, medicine, masonry and mortality Aaron Kozbelt; 7. The onset of silence: Beethoven's battle with deafness Phillip L. Pearl, Robert Bunning and Saman Arfaie; 8. Harmony and discord: the medical history of Robert and Clara Schumann Saman Arfaie and Phillip L. Pearl; 9. Maurice Ravel: his neurology revisited Robert M. Pascuzzi, Juliet L. King and Jared R. Brosch; 10. Musical shrapnel, creeping paralysis, and the neurology of Shostakovich Robert M. Pascuzzi and Juliet L. King; 11. The sound of syphilis: the case of Bedrich Smetana Jonathan Newmark; 12. Neurology of the musical masters – The jazz genre Phillip L. Pearl; 13. Neurology of the musical masters – The great American songbook: Cole Porter and George Gershwin Phillip L. Pearl; Part III. Arts in Medicine: 14. The creative power of children's artwork for understanding neurological diseases Juliana Fan and Carl E. Stafstrom; 15. Enabling difficult conversations: the use of poetry to empower and heal neurology professionals, patients & families in challenging situations Nina F. Schor; 16. Narrative medicine and narrative reflective practice: creativity for empathy, resilience, and flourishing in the service of patient care Hedy S. Wald and Rachel Kowalsky; Part IV. Music's Neurological Nexus in Clinical Practice: 17. Functional neurobiology: music and art therapy – Clinical applications in cancer patients Herbert B. Newton, Alejandra J. Ferrer and Juliet King; 18. Music-based interventions for neurocognitive disorders Borna Bonakdarpour and Clara Takarabe; 19. Musicogenic seizures and musical hallucinations Itay Tokatly Latzer; 20. Music and epilepsy: studying the effects of Mozart's sonata K. 448 on the epileptic brain Kathryn Bates, Anastasia Kanishcheva, Michael Casey and Barbara Jobst; Part V. The Drive to Creativity: 21. Plato's laws and republic: early foundations of music, medicine, and neuroscience Clara Takarabe and Borna Bonakdarpour; 22. Musical rhythm: its reception and production in the brain Michael P. H. Stanley and Marinos Sotiropoulos; 23. Darwin's Dilemma: the evolutionary roots of musicality Patrick J. Whelan and Mark J. Tramo; 24. Music processing in neurological disorders: from cradle to grave Patrick J. Whelan and Mark J. Tramo; Part VI: 25. Conclusion: music, medicine, and the neurobiology of creativity Saman Arfaie and Phillip L. Pearl; Appendix: links to music recordings accompanying; Index.

'Research on the processes behind the creation and practice of music are reaching maturity and so, finally, is the study of the medical applications of music. Pearl and Arfaie bring you up to date in their new volume.' Antonio Damasio, Professor of Psychology and Director of Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California