Chapter 12
The Musical Person

What it means to be musical and how humans inherit certain attributes while acquiring others.

Chapter 13
Music Performance

Music performance as the integration of motor, cognitive and expressive skills.

Chapter 14
The Psychology of Music Learning

Psychological explanations of music learning.

Chapter 15
Music and Health

How music therapy, music medicine and performing arts medicine demonstrate music’s impact on health and wellbeing.

Chapter 16
Music in Social Contexts

The role music plays in social behaviors, especially in contemporary society.