Author: Bernard Lechevalier, Hervé Platel, Francis Eustache
Editor: De Boeck

Tout être humain a-t-il à la naissance un cerveau pré-câblé pour la musique, comme cela semble être le cas pour le langage ? La musique constitue-t-elle une forme autonome et spécifique de la cognition, et un mode d’expression particulier de notre cerveau ? Ces questions, concernant les liens entre le cerveau et la musique, intéressent aujourd’hui de plus en plus les chercheurs, médecins, psychologues ou pédagogues.
Le présent ouvrage fait le point sur ces questions en présentant les dernières recherches en psychologie cognitive et neurosciences, menées par des spécialistes de renommée internationale. Il aborde les spécificités structurales du percept musical, les troubles neurologiques propres à la musique, le développement des capacités musicales chez l’enfant, les effets de l’expertise musicale, la neuroimagerie fonctionnelle de la perception musicale.
Destiné avant tout aux neuropsychologues, neuropsychiatres, neurophysiologistes, médecins et orthophonistes, il s'adresse également aux étudiants en psychologie et musicologie (licence et master).
Le livre est accompagné d’un CD-Rom qui permettra notamment au lecteur de bénéficier d’illustrations sonores proposées par les auteurs.

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Introduction

1. Les systèmes musicaux et leurs fluctuations: aspects culturels

2. Analyse des différents stimuli auditifs: musique, langage et bruit. Etude comparative

3. Le traitement musical au niveau du cortex auditif

4. L'amusie dans le cadre des agnosies auditives

5. L'énigme de la localisation des amusies: revue et hypothèses

6. Comment le cerveau reconnaît-il la musique ? Autonomie et fractionnement du Système de Reconnaissance Musicale

7. Perception des timbres musicaux

8. Ecouter et jouer la musique: une fenêtre sur les processus d'organisation temporelle. Lecture dédiée à la mémoire de Marie-Claire Botte

9. La perception de la musique chez les bébés

10. Musiciens et non-musiciens perçoivent-ils la musique différemment ?

11. La musique sous l'électrode

12. Imagerie fonctionnelle cérébrale et perception auditive: EEG quantitative et ERD

13. Anatomie fonctionnelle de la perception et de la mémoire musicale

14. Chanter juste, chanter faux

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Author: Oliver Sacks
Editor: Knopf

Product Description

Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat.  But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does—humans are a musical species.

Oliver Sacks’s compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people—from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; from people with “amusia,” to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds—for everything but music.

Our exquisite sensitivity to music can sometimes go wrong: Sacks explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: Sacks describes how music can animate people with Parkinson’s disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calm and organize people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer’s or amnesia.

Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks tells us why.

Author: Shinichi Suzuki
Editor: Alfred Publishing Company

Book Description
This book is the cornerstone upon which to build any Suzuki-oriented library. In it the author presents the philosophy and principles of Suzuki's teaching methods. Through the examples from his own life and teaching, Suzuki establishes his case for early childhood education and the high potential of every human being, not just those seemingly gifted. Written by Shinichi Suzuki, translated by Waltraud Suzuki.

Author: Robert A. Cutietta
Editor: Oxford University Press, USA

Product Description
Does music make kids smarter? At what age should a child begin music lessons? Where should you purchase an instrument? What should parents expect from a child's teachers and lessons? Raising Musical Kids answers these and many other questions as it covers everything from assembling a listening library for kids, to matching a child's personality with an instrument's personality, to finding musical resources in your community. Knowing that children can--and usually do--get most of their music education within the public school system, the author explores at length the features and benefits of elementary and secondary school programs, and shows how parents can make the schools work for them and their children. Throughout, Cutietta emphasizes the joy of participating in music for its own sake. Raising Musical Kids is a book that parents everywhere will treasure as a complete road map for developing their child's musical abilities.

Author: Robert A. Duke
Editor: Learning and Behavior Resources

Product Description
In this collection of insightful essays, the author describes fundamental principles of human learning in the context of teaching music. Written in an engaging, conversational style, the individual essays outline the elements of intelligent, creative teaching. Duke effectively explains how teachers can meet the needs of individual students from a wide range of abilities by understanding more deeply how people learn. Teachers and interested parents alike will benefit from this informative and highly readable book.

Author: Philip Johnston
Editor: PracticeSpot Press

Product Description
You've bought the instrument, you're paying for lessons...and your kid won't practice. Don't panic. Big print, cartoon filled survival guide for kids who love to play, but hate to practice. From Philip Johnston, author of The Practice Revolution, and founder of practicespot.com

Author: Jessica Baron Turner
Editor: String Letter Publishing

Product Description
What makes a child fall in love with learning to play music? How does talent develop? When is the right time to start lessons? Which instrument is the best fit? Why is practice so challenging and what can parents do to keep kids musically motivated? Where can a parent learn about music programs, camps, books, recordings, and other important resources? This groundbreaking book answers these questions and many others, serving up healthy portions of insight, humor, research, practical advice, fresh ideas and heartfelt encouragement for making the most of musical development from pregnancy through the elementary years. It provides everything parents need to nurture children so they may begin to discover their own unique voices. If one book can keep kids from quitting, this is it! "This book will help you find a new relationship with your child, and perhaps, yourself ... It's never too late." - Graham Nash

Author: Joanne Haroutounian
Editor: Oxford University Press, USA

Product Description
Gathering perspectives of musical talent from the psychological, musical, and educational fields, Kindling the Spark is the only single sourcebook that defines musical talent and provides practical strategies for identifying and nurturing it. Joanne Haroutounian uses her experience as teacher, researcher, and parent to clarify central issues concerning talent recognition and development in a way that will easily appeal to a wide audience. The book describes the different stages of development in musical training, including guidelines for finding a suitable teacher at different levels, social and psychological aspects that impact musical training, and research on talent development by ages and stages from infancy and preschool years through the teen years. An important feature of the book are "sparkler exercises" designed to provoke observable talent behavior in home, school, and studio settings. The book also includes an Appendix of Resources which lists books, media, organizations, and specialized schools that offer additional information on musical talent, identification, and development. For music educators in both public school and private studio settings--as well as for parents and their musically inclined children--Kindling the Spark provides an invaluable summary of the research on talent and a wealth of resources for developing it.