Music, Mind, and Brain

MSC IND M103 - Music, Mind, and Brain

<p>(Same as Music Industry M103.) Seminar, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Multidisciplinary approach to understanding brain mechanisms mediating music perception, performance, and cognition. Students’ natural interest in music serves as springboard for learning basic concepts about theories of mind, and how brain works to determine perception of harmony and rhythm, emotion and meaning in music, and musical creativity. Designed to help students understand methodologies currently used to investigate brain-behavior correlates. Broad understanding of research topics in cognitive neuroscience; introduction to fundamental principles in neurophysiology, psychophysiology, and neuroanatomy. Letter grading.</p>

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Music, Mind, and Brain

NEUROSC M170

4 units