Interdisciplinary essays on music psychology that integrate scientific, humanistic, and artistic ways of knowing in transformative ways.
Researchers using scientific methods and approaches to advance our understanding of music and musicality have not yet grappled with some of the perils that humanistic fields concentrating on music have long articulated. In this edited volume, established and emerging researchers—neuroscientists and cognitive scientists, musicians, historical musicologists, and ethnomusicologists—build bridges between humanistic and scientific approaches to music studies, particularly music psychology. Deftly edited by Elizabeth H. Margulis, Psyche Loui, and Deirdre Loughridge, The Science-Music Borderlands embodies how sustained interaction among disciplines can lead to a richer understanding of musical life.
The essays in this volume provide the scientific study of music with its first major reckoning, exploring the intellectual history of the field and its central debates, while charting a path forward. The Science-Music Borderlands is essential reading for music scholars from any disciplinary background. It will also interest those working at the intersection of music and science, such as music teachers, performers, composers, and music therapists.
Contributors:Manuel Anglada-Tort, Salwa El-Sawan Castelo-Branco, Hu Chuan-Peng, Laura K. Cirelli, Alexander W. Cowan, Jonathan De Souza, Diana Deutsch, Diandra Duengen, Sarah Faber, Steven Feld, Shinya Fujii, Assal Habibi, Erin. E. Hannon, Shantala Hegde, Beatriz Ilari, Jason Jabbour, Nori Jacoby, Haley E. Kragness, Grace Leslie, Casey Lew-Williams, Deirdre Loughridge, Psyche Loui, Diana Mangalagiu, Elizabeth H. Margulis, Randy McIntosh, Rita McNamara, Eduardo Reck Miranda, Daniel Müllensiefen, Rachel Mundy, Florence Ewomazino Nweke, Patricia Opondo, Aniruddh D. Patel, Andrea Ravignani, Carmel Raz, Matthew Sachs, Marianne Sarfati, Patrick E. Savage, Huib Schippers, Jim Sykes, Gary Tomlinson, Jamal Williams, Maria A. G. Witek, Pamela Z
Author(s): Elizabeth H. Margulis, Psyche Loui, Deirdre Loughridge
Publisher: The MIT Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 417
Tags: music;musicality;neuroscience;music psychology
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Rifts
What Is Musicality?
What Is an Experiment?
Past, Present, and Future
References
I. Beyond Nature vs. Nurture
References
1. Human Musicality and Gene-Culture Coevolution: Ten Concepts to Guide Productive Exploration
Introduction
Music, Musicality, and Choosing Which Musical Abilities to Study
Concept 1: Music’s Value Does Not Depend on Its Evolutionary Status
Concept 2: There Are Two Types of Neural Plasticity: Experience-Expectant and Experience-Dependent
Concept 3: Musical Behavior Might Have Originated as a Purely Cultural Invention
Concept 4: Capacity and Proclivity Are Conceptually and Neurally Distinct Targets for Natural Selection
Concept 5: Abilities Based on Evolved Neural Specializations Can Vary Widely
Concept 6: Ancient, Universal Cognitive Traits Are Not Necessarily Based on Evolved Neural Specializations for Those Traits
Concept 7: Evolutionary Specialization and Adaptive Function Are Conceptually Distinct Issues
Concept 8: A Trait Can Be Genetically Influenced without Being Genetically Determined
Concept 9: Studying Cultural Variation in Music Requires Reading Primary Sources and Talking with Specialists
Concept 10: Variance in Musicality Is an Asset for Gene-Culture Coevolution Research
Conclusion: Why This Research Matters
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
2. Musical Meaning in Transspecies Perspective: A Semiotic Model
Two Kinds of Information
Making Signs
Radical Niche Construction
Birdsong Meanings
Hyperindexicality and Music
References
3. Cross-Species Research in Biomusicality: Methods, Pitfalls, and Prospects
What Is Animal Musicality, and Why Should We Study It?
Anthropocentric versus Biocentric Approach
Pioneer Studies and State of the Art
Animal Song
Instrumental Music
Synchronization
Parameters of Sound
Conclusions, Pitfalls, and Prospects
Note
References
4. Humane Treatment, Sound Experiments
Introduction
Humane Treatment and Its Origins
Musical Animals
Animal Welfare
Ethics
Questions
Notes
References
Interlude
5. Of Sound Minds and Tuning Forks: Neuroscience’s Vibratory Histories
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
II. Beyond Music as a Window into the Mind
References
6. Music, Mind, Body, and World
Sirens Behave so Strangely
Music, Computation, and Language
Musical Minds, Musical Bodies
Music, Mind, and World
References
7. Rhythmic Entrainment and Embodied Cognition
Introduction
Entraining to the Beat
Neural Entrainment, Rhythm, and Motor Networks in the Brain
Embodiment in Cognitive Science, Philosophy, and Music
Extended Mind and Embodied Predictive Processing
Enactivism and Systems Dynamics
Embodiment and Antirepresentationalism in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Conclusion and Future Directions
Note
References
8. The Musical Mind: Perspectives from Developmental Science
Musical Development and Development in Other Domains
Musical Functions and Capacities Change Throughout Development
We Play an Active Role in Our Musical Development
The Future of Developmental Science in Understanding Musicality
References
9. The Science of Music Is about Relations
An Ethnomusicologist in the Science-Music Borderlands
What You Might Have Expected
Capitalism and Christianity
Scaling Up, Down, and Sideways
Conclusion
Notes
References
Interlude
10. Toward Neurotechnology for Musical Creativity
Introduction
Listening to Minds Listening
Brain-Computer Music Interfacing
Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
III. Beyond Reductionism
References
11. Combating Reductionism in Music Neuroscience with Ecologically Valid Paradigms: What Can (and Cannot) Be Gained?
Introduction
A Note on Methodology and Statistical Approaches
Long-Timescale Processing of Musical Structure
Memory
Reward
Emotions and Feeling
Incorporating the Social Context
Conclusions and Future Directions
Notes
References
12. Hidden Repertoires in the Brain Accessed by Music in Aging and Neurodegeneration
Introduction
Overview
Complexity
Information Processing in Space and Time
Implications of a Complex Systems Framework for Music Neuroscience
Age Effects
References
13. Composing at the Border of Experimental Music and Music Experiment
Breathing Music
Brain Music
Heart Music
References
Interludes
14. Music Theory and Experimental Science
References
15. Conversation with Pamela Z
Acknowledgments
IV. Beyond Musicians and Nonmusicians
References
16. “The Musical Mind Is the Normal Mind”: Remaking Musicianship for Eugenics
Discarding Prior Foundations
A New “Normal”
“Conscious Selection”
Eugenics as “Social Psychology”
References
17. The Musician-Nonmusician Conundrum and Developmental Music Research
Introduction
The Definitional Conundrum
Disciplinary Perspectives
Developmental Perspectives: The Child Musician
Ways Forward: Interdisciplinary Thinking and Research
References
18. Building Sustainable Global Collaborative Networks: Recommendations from Music Studies and the Social Sciences
Introduction
Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity
Logistics
Reproducibility and Standardization
Incentives, Attribution, and Leadership
Conclusion
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Note
References
19. Conversations with Steven Feld
Reintegrating Cognitive Approaches with Grounded Investigation
If I Were a Cognitive Psychologist
From Meta-Language to Epistemological Conversation
Comparative Approaches
What’s the Payoff of Saying Something Is Universal?
Iterative Processes
Measurement and Experimentation
Culture and Relationality
Acknowledgments
References
List of Contributors
Index
