From perception to pleasure : the neuroscience of music and why we love it /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 22 April, 2025 - 21:30

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Zatorre, Robert J.,

Source:

Oxford University Press,, New York, NY, United States, p.xi, 350 pages : (2024)

Call Number:

ML3830

Other Number:

40032165166

Keywords:

Aspect psychologique., Cognitive neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience., fast, Music, Musical perception, Musical perception., Musique, Neurosciences cognitives., Perception de la musique., Plaisir., Pleasure, Pleasure., Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-340) and index."Why do we love music? What enables us to create it, perceive it, and enjoy it? In From Perception to Pleasure, Robert Zatorre provides answers to these questions from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience, explaining how we get from perception of sound patterns to pleasurable responses. The book is organized around a central thesis: that pleasure in music arises from interactions between cortical loops that enable processing of sound patterns, and subcortical circuits responsible for reward and valuation. This model integrates knowledge derived from basic neuroscience of the auditory system and of reward mechanisms with the concept that perception and pleasure depend on mechanisms of prediction, anticipation, and valuation."--