This Research Topic is part of The musical brain series.
The musical brainMusic exists in all human cultures and plays an important role throughout our lives. The interactions between music and our brain are complex, engaging multiple neural circuits and networks related to sensory perception and prediction, attention, learning and memory, emotion, aesthetics and reward, and expert motor skills for performing vocal and instrumental music. Neuroscience research is actively engaged in exploring how the human brain “hears” music, identifying the neural mechanisms underlying the perception of rhythm, pitch, timbre, harmony, and melody, and the development of musical awareness, expression, and creativity. Experiments in non-human species are making important contributions to our understanding of some of the precursor components of musicality and their underlying neural mechanisms, with implications for understanding the evolution of musicality.
This Research Topic, Musical Brain II, extends the contributions of the earlier Frontiers article collection (2012) and explores new discoveries and insights into the relationship between music and the brain from the viewpoints of the neuroscientist, the clinician, the composer, the musician, and the listener. We seek to gather a broad range of topics in neuroscience and psychoacoustics covering the perception and production of music and aspects of sounds related to music (such as timbre, rhythm, pitch, sequential sound patterns) as well as the impact of music on health and well-being. In the spirit of building bridges, we encourage contributions from composers, conductors, and musicians, in collaboration with neuroscientists, that explore neural correlates as musicians create, listen to and play music, and in turn reflect on how these neural insights may shape the practice of music. We hope that studies at the interface between the experience of music-making and the perspectives of neuroscience will help broaden our understanding of the musical brain and its extraordinary, inspiring, and powerful impact on our existence. We welcome all article types within the scope of the topic.
This Research Topic is part of The musical brain series.
The musical brainMusic exists in all human cultures and plays an important role throughout our lives. The interactions between music and our brain are complex, engaging multiple neural circuits and networks related to sensory perception and prediction, attention, learning and memory, emotion, aesthetics and reward, and expert motor skills for performing vocal and instrumental music. Neuroscience research is actively engaged in exploring how the human brain “hears” music, identifying the neural mechanisms underlying the perception of rhythm, pitch, timbre, harmony, and melody, and the development of musical awareness, expression, and creativity. Experiments in non-human species are making important contributions to our understanding of some of the precursor components of musicality and their underlying neural mechanisms, with implications for understanding the evolution of musicality.
This Research Topic, Musical Brain II, extends the contributions of the earlier Frontiers article collection (2012) and explores new discoveries and insights into the relationship between music and the brain from the viewpoints of the neuroscientist, the clinician, the composer, the musician, and the listener. We seek to gather a broad range of topics in neuroscience and psychoacoustics covering the perception and production of music and aspects of sounds related to music (such as timbre, rhythm, pitch, sequential sound patterns) as well as the impact of music on health and well-being. In the spirit of building bridges, we encourage contributions from composers, conductors, and musicians, in collaboration with neuroscientists, that explore neural correlates as musicians create, listen to and play music, and in turn reflect on how these neural insights may shape the practice of music. We hope that studies at the interface between the experience of music-making and the perspectives of neuroscience will help broaden our understanding of the musical brain and its extraordinary, inspiring, and powerful impact on our existence. We welcome all article types within the scope of the topic.
