Keeping Mozart in Mind
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright Pageiv
- Contentsv
- Forewordix
- Preface to the First Editionxi
- Preface to the Second Editionxiii
- Acknowlegmentsxv
- Prologuexix
- Part I: Higher Brain Function: Music, Mathematics, Chess1
- Chapter 1. History, Anecdotes, Correlations, and Interviews3
- Chapter 2. Spatial-Temporal and Language-Analytic Reasoning in Learning Math and Science17
- Chapter 3. Music Enhances Spatial-Temporal Reasoning29
- Chapter 4. Implications: Scientific, Educational, Clinical35
- Part II: Structured Brain and Symmetry41
- Chapter 5. Symmetry as a Common Theme43
- Chapter 6. Introduction to the Brain: Basic Brain Features and Brain Imaging53
- Chapter 7. Mountcastle Theory of Mammalian Cortex: Internal Neural Language of Higher Brain Function73
- Chapter 8. Trion Model and Symmetries87
- Chapter 9. Trion Music: Reasoning and Creativity121
- Chapter 10. Trion Model of Higher Brain Function: Prediction that Music Enhances Spatial-Temporal Re141
- Part III: Tests of Predictions in Human Behavior145
- Chapter 11. Highly Accurate Mental Rehearsals: Correlation with Top Performance in Sports147
- Chapter 12. Listening to Mozart Sonata (K.448) Enhances Spatial-Temporal Reasoning: The ‘‘Mozart159
- Chapter 13. Music Training Enhances Spatial-Temporal Reasoning in Preschool Children169
- Chapter 14. Music Training Plus Spatial-Temporal Training Equals Improved Math185
- Part IV: Tests from Brain Imaging and Animal Studies203
- Chapter 15. EEG and fMRI Studies of the Mozart Effect205
- Chapter 16. Symmetry in Primate Higher Brain Function211
- Chapter 17. Musical Structure of the Internal Neural Language of the Brain: Using Music as the Roset229
- Chapter 18. Animal Behavior While Listening to Music and Doing Higher Brain Functions239
- Part V: The Future of Music as a Window into Higher Brain Function253
- Chapter 19. Child Brain Development and Adult Brain Reorganization255
- Chapter 20. Education: Music Training Plus Spatial-Temporal Training Improves Math269
- Chapter 21. Clinical Implications281
- Chapter 22. The Spatial-Temporal Thinking Machine295
- Chapter 23. Thoughts301
- Part VI: New Scientific and Educational Results323
- Chapter 24. Science Updates and Breakthroughs325
- Chapter 25. Revolution in Math Education341
- Glossary357
- Notes369
- References387
- Index401
The demand for math and science skills in our technology-driven world is at a premium, and yet U.S. students continue to lag behind many other industrialized countries in these areas. This book, based on studies conducted on 8000 elementary school-aged children, proposes that not only is there a relationship between music and math comprehension, but that music can be utilized to heighten higher brain function and improve math skills. The enclosed CD-Rom includes (1) a recording of Allegro con spirito from Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major (K. 448), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu, courtesy of Sony ClassicalTM, and (2) a descriptive interactive version of S.T.A.R.TM (Spatial-Temporal Animation Reasoning) software program. While this book's discussion of the breakthroughs in understanding of spatial-temporal reasoning abilities will be of particular interest to neuroscientists and cognitive researchers, the book is also accessible to parents and educators.
* Presents the theory that music exercises higher brain function and can enhance math comprehension
* Details how music training coupled with special-temporal reasoning (thinking in pictures) can dramatically impact a child's ability to understand and master math
* Includes an interactive CD-ROM with math games
* Presents the theory that music exercises higher brain function and can enhance math comprehension
* Details how music training coupled with special-temporal reasoning (thinking in pictures) can dramatically impact a child's ability to understand and master math
* Includes an interactive CD-ROM with math games