Author: Aniruddh D. Patel Hardback: ISBN: 9780195123753 Pages:
528 Price: U.S. $ 59.95 In the first comprehensive study of the
relationship between music and language from the standpoint of
cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the
widespread belief that music and language are processed
independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between
music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide
range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic
has been growing rapidly, as scholars from diverse disciplines,
including linguistics, cognitive science, music cognition, and
neuroscience are drawn to the music-language interface as one
way to explore the extent to which different mental abilities
are processed by separate brain mechanisms. Accordingly, the
relevant data and theories have been spread across a range of
disciplines. This volume provides the first synthesis, arguing
that music and language share deep and critical connections, and
that comparative research provi