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Language, music, and the brain : a mysterious relationship

by Michael A. Arbib

This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationships between language, music, and the brain. It investigates evolutionary and developmental origins, structural parallels in behaviour, and the neurological foundations linking speech to gesture and music to dance.

Accession 12555 ISBN 9780262018104 Publisher MIT Press
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