The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology

• Part 1: The origins and functions of music 1: Ian Cross: The nature of music and its evolution 2: Catherine J. Stevens and Tim Bryon: Universals in music processing: Entrainment, acquiring expectations and learning 3: Ian Cross and Elizabeth Tolbert: Music and meaning 4: Martin Clayton: The social and personal functions of music in cross-cultural perspective Part 2: Music perception 5: Thomas Stainsby & Ian Cross: The perception of pitch 6: Psyche Loui: Absolute pitch 7: Emmanuel Bigand and Bénédicte Poulin-Charronnat: Tonal cognition 8: Stephen McAdams and Bruno L. Giordano: The perception of musical timbre 9: Mari Riess Jones: Musical time 10: Mark A. Schmuckler: Tonality and contour in melodic processing 11: Bob Snyder: Memory for music Part 3: Responses to music 12: Donald A. Hodges: Bodily Responses to Music 13: Patrik N. Juslin: Emotional reactions to music 14: Alf Gabrielsson: The relationship between musical structure and perceived expression 15: David Huron: Aesthetics 16: Donald A. Hodges: The neuroaesthetics of music 17: Alika Greasley and Alexandra Lamont: Musical preferences Part 4: Music and the Brain 18: Laurel J. Trainor and Robert J. Zatorre: The neurobiology of musical expectations from perception to emotion 19: Psyche Loui: Disorders of music cognition 20: Simone Dalla Bella: Music and brain plasticity 21: Sebastian Jentschke: The relationship between music and language 22: Daniel J. Cameron and Jessica A. Grahn: The neuroscience of rhythm Part 5: Musical development 23: Richard Parncutt: Prenatal development and the phylogeny and ontogeny of musical behaviour 24: Sandra E. Trehub: Infant musicality 25: Alexandra Lamont: Music development from the early years onwards 26: E. Glenn Schellenberg: Music training and nonmusical abilities Part 6: Learning musical skills 27: Gary McPherson and Susan Hallam: Musical potential 28: Harald Jørgensen and Susan Hallam: Practicing 29: Helena Gaunt and Susan Hallam: Individuality in the learning of musical skills 30: Susan Hallam: Motivation to learn 31: Andrea Creech: The role of the family in supporting learning 32: Graham Welch and Adam Ockelford: The role of the institution and teachers in supporting learning Part 7: Musical performance 33: Eckart Altenmüller & Shinichi Furuya: Planning and performance 34: Andreas Lehmann and Reinhardt Kopiez: Sight reading 35: Roger Chaffin, Alexander P. Demos and Topher Logan: Performing from memory 36: Jane W. Davidson and Mary C. Broughton: Bodily Mediated Coordination, Collaboration, and Communication in Music Performance 37: Patrik N. Juslin and Erik Lindstrom: Emotion in music performance 38: Erica Bisesi and W. Luke Windsor: Expression and communication of structure in music performance: measurements and models 39: Dianna Theadora Kenny and Bronwen J. Ackermann: Optimizing physical and psychological health in performing musicians Part 8: Composition and improvisation 40: Jonathan Impett: Making a mark: The psychology of composition 41: Richard Ashley: Musical Improvisation 42: Peter R. Webster: Pathways to the Study of Music Composition by Preschool to Precollege Students Part 9: The role of music in our everyday lives 43: Alexandra Lamont, Alika Greasley and John Sloboda: Choosing to hear music: motivation, process, and effect 44: Annabel J. Cohen: Music in performance arts: Film, theatre and dance 45: Alf Gabrielsson, John Whaley and John Sloboda: Peak experiences with music 46: David J. Hargreaves, Raymond MacDonald and Dorothy Miell: Musical identities 47: Susan Hallam and Raymond MacDonald: The effects of music in community and education settings 48: Adrian C. North, David J. Hargreaves and Amanda E. Krause: Music and consumer behavior Part 10: Music Therapy 49: Shannon De l'Etoile: Processes of music therapy: Clinical and Scientific Rationales and Models 50: Corene Hurt-Thaut: Clinical Practice in music therapy 51: Barabara L. Wheeler: Research in music therapy 52: Stefan Mainka, Ralph K. W. Spintge and Michael Thaut: Music Therapy in Medical and Neurological Rehabilitation Settings Part 11: Conceptual frameworks, research methods and future directions 53: Adam Ockelford: Beyond Music Psychology 54: Michael Thaut: History and research 55: Susan Hallam, Ian Cross and Michael Thaut: Where now?

The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology presents an extraordinarily comprehensive view of the many elements that constitute the psychology of music. In essence, it is a treasure trove of information and research findings about the role music plays in our lives.