The course will be comprised of seven units
- Introduction to Neuroscience
- Dream in Music and Neuroscience
- Fear in Music and Neuroscience
- The Sublime in Music and Neuroscience
- The Beautiful in Music and Neuroscience
- Trauma in Music and Neuroscience
- Chaos in Music and Neuroscience
We will read and study the following books:
- Frank Amthor, Neuroscience for Dummies Third Edition. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Press, 2023)
- Robert Zatorre, From Perception to Pleasure (New York and London: Oxford University Press, 2023)
- Aniruddh D. Patel, Music, Language, and the Brain (New York and London: Oxford University Press, 2007)
- Daniel J. Levitin, This is your Brain on Music (New York: Penguin Books, 2006)
And we will read and study the following periodical publications
- Scientific American Summer 2017. Mysteries of the Mind
- National Library of Medicine
- Psychology Central
- Psychology Today
Introduction to the Course