A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research intothe effects of music on the brain* Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception,including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action,music and emotion* Includes general introductory chapters to engage a broadreadership, as well as a wealth of detailed research material forexperts* Offers the most empirical (and most systematic) work on thetopics of neural correlates of musical syntax and musicalsemantics* Integrates research from different domains (such as music,language, action and emotion both theoretically and empirically, tocreate a comprehensive theory of music psychology