Talking about music psychology, this work examines how music can be used to communicate and the biological, cognitive, social, and cultural processes that underlie such communication. Looking at all aspects of communication, it is suitable for those who are involved in music cognition, music education, and communication studies.

1. How do people communicate using music? ; 2. Music and meaning, ambiguity and evolution ; 3. Music and conversation ; COGNITION, REPRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION ; 4. Musical cognition: defining constraints on musical communication ; 5. From mimesis to catharsis: expression, perception and induction of emotion in music ; 6. Representation, cognition and musical communication: invented notation in children's musical communication ; 7. How the conventions of music notation shape musical perception and performance ; EMBODIED COMMUNICATION ; 8. Rhythm, human temporality and brain function ; 9. Musical companionship, musical community: music therapy and the process and value of musical communication ; 10. Bodily communication in musical performance ; 11. Singing as communication ; COMMUNICATION IN LEARNING AND EDUCATION ; 12. Musical communication and chnildren's communities of musical practice ; 13. Musical communication between adults and young children ; 14. Pedagogical communication in the music classroom ; CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF COMMUNICATION ; 15. Talking about music: a vehicle for identity development ; 16. Hippies vs hip-hop heads: an exploration of music's ability to communicate an alternative political agenda from the perspective of two divergent musical genres ; 17. Communication in Indian raga performance ; 18. The role of music communication in cinema ; 19. Musical communication in commercial contexts

`Chapters are penned by a sparkling line-up of academic and applied researchers, including music psychologists, therapists and educationalists; consequently it covers a wide variety of perspectives, holding appeal for the musicians, the general public and many breeds of psychologist,' The Psychologist

The first book to examine how music can act as a form of communication, presenting a broad interdisciplinary perspective - including biological, cultural, social, and cognitive processes From the same editors who produced the successful and highly praised 'Musical Identities' A new addition to the prestigious Oxford University Press music psychology list, the only such list around

The first book to examine how music can act as a form of communication, presenting a broad interdisciplinary perspective - including biological, cultural, social, and cognitive processes From the same editors who produced the successful and highly praised 'Musical Identities' A new addition to the prestigious Oxford University Press music psychology list, the only such list around