Music, Motor Control and the Brain

This Text Examines The Neural Basis Of Musicianship And Forms A Comprehensive Account Of The Motor Skills And Associated Cognitive Processes Which Are Behind Musical Talent. It Covers A Range Of Instruments And Performance Situations, And Examines Motor Problems In Musicians In Later Life. Part 1: History. Historical Increases In Expert Music Performance Skills: Optimising Instruments, Playing Techniques And Training / Andreas C. Lehmann -- Part 2: Psychology. From Cognition To Action / Lutz Jäncke ; The Nature Of Memory For Music Performance Skills / Caroline Palmer ; Musical Synchronization / Bruno H. Repp -- Part 3: Movement Analysis. Hand Movements And Musical Performance / Thomas E. Jerde, Marco Santello, Martha Flanders And John F. Soechting ; Movement Analysis In Pianists / Hans-christian Jabusch ; Fingering And Bowing In Violinists: A Motor Control Approach / Mario Wiesendanger, Andreas Baader And Oleg Kazennikov ; Movements And Analysis Of Drumming / Sofia Dahl -- Part 4: Representation In The Brain. Brain Structures Of Musicians: Executive Functions And Morphological Implications / Gottfried Schlaug ; The Motor Representation In Pianists And String Players / Lutz Jäncke ; Brain Activation During Piano Playing / Marc Bangert ; Brain Activation During String Playing / Arto Nirkko And Rumyana Kristeva ; 'singing In The (b)rain': Cerebral Correlates Of Vocal Music Performance In Humans / Hermann Ackermann, Dirk Wildgruber And Axel Riecker ; Sensory Motor Networks In Singing And Speaking: A Comparative Approach / Reyna Leigh Gordon, Amelie Racette And Daniele Schon ; The Role Of Inhibition In The Motor Control Of Finger Function / Christian Gerloff And Friedhelm Hummel -- Part 5: Apollo's Curse : The Loss Of Motor Control In Musicians. The End Of The Song? Robert Schumann's Focal Dystonia / Eckart Altenmüeller ; Epidemiology, Phenomenology And Therapy Of Musician's Cramp / Hans-christian Jabusch And Eckart Altenmüeller ; The Neurophysiology Of Focal Hand Dystonia In Musicians / Karin Rosenkranz ; The Development Of Focal Dystonia In Musicians As A Consequence Of Maladaptive Plasticity: Implications For Intervention / Nancy Byl And Alberto Priori ; Music Performance Anxiety / Jurg Kesselring. Edited By Eckart Altenmüller, Mario Wiesendanger, Jurg Kesselring. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.