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The Musician's Mind: Teaching, Learning, and Performance in the Age of Brain Science
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by Lynn Helding
Lynn Helding
The Musician's Mind: Teaching, Learning, and Performance in the Age of Brain Science
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by Lynn Helding
Lynn Helding
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Overview
Where does learning begin and how is it sustained and stored in the brain? For musicians, these questions are at the very core of their creative lives. Cognitive and neuroscience have flung wide the doors of our understanding, but bridging the gap between research data and music-making requires a unique immersion in both worlds. Lynn Helding presents a symphony of discoveries that illuminate how musicians can optimize their mental wellbeing and cognitive abilities. She addresses common brain myths, motor learning research and the concept of deliberate practice, the values of instructional feedback, technology’s role in attention disorders, the challenges of parenting young musicians, performance anxiety and its solutions, and the emerging importance of music as a social justice issue.More than an exploration of the brain, The Musician’s Mind is an inspiring call for artists to promote the cultivation of emotion and empathy as cornerstones of a civilized society. No matter your instrument or level of musical ability, this book will reveal to you a new dynamic appreciation for the mind’s creative power.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781538109946 |
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Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Publication date: | 02/05/2020 |
Pages: | 350 |
Product dimensions: | 6.29(w) x 9.32(h) x 1.15(d) |
About the Author
Lynn Helding serves as professor in vocal arts and opera and coordinator of voice pedagogy at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. Ms. Helding is a thought-leader within the dynamic field of contemporary voice science, or vocology, and thus was elected to head the founding of the first non-profit vocology association, PAVA. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Singing and creator of the journal’s “Mindful Voice” column, which illuminates current research in the cognitive, neuro- and social sciences as they relate to music teaching, learning and performance. She is in demand as a master voice teacher and popular lecturer on cognitive topics at universities, and conferences across the United States and Canada.
Table of Contents
Introduction: A New EnchantmentA New EnchantmentThe Brain on MusicThe “Mozart Effect”Music and the MindChapter 1: Science, Art and The Missing Mind What Revolution?Mindless BehaviorismThe New Science of MindMusic as a WeaponScience and ArtC.P. Snow’s “Two Cultures” The “Third Culture” The Theory of Multiple IntelligencesThe Rescue of EmotionThe Other Half of the TruthThe Mind-Body ProblemNeuroaestheticsCautious EnchantmentChapter 2: Groundwork: at the Foothills Neuromyths and BrainscamsIn the Shadow of the “Mozart Effect”Tracking a Scientific Legend Exposure Is Not LearningThe Left Brain | Right Brain Dichotomy Brain Personalities and Learning StylesReal Brain GainsWhat is the Use of Music?The Big One Know-That and Know-How How the Thing WorksChapter 3: How Learning Works Two Basic Modes of Information ProcessingLearning DefinedThe Triumvirate of LearningStep One: AttentionAttention Aides: Emotion and DesireAttention Aides: Motivation and Rewards Attention Aide: Goal-Setting Attention Aide: SleepStep Two: Learning ChunkingConstructed Memories Step Three: MemoryNeurogenesis and Neural Plasticity The Plastic ParadoxBack to the BodyChapter 4: Learned Movement: Motor Learning The Question is How, Not WhatMotor Learning and Performance Differences Between Learning and PerformancePerformance Shifts: Upsides and DownsidesNegative Performance Shifts and ‘Unlearning’The Path to Carnegie Hall Three Rule of PracticeMotor Imagery: Thinking About DoingControlled versus Automatic Processes: Learning/Have LearnedFeedbackInherent FeedbackVisionSingers’ Alternative Facts: Cognitive Dissonance ProprioceptionAugmented FeedbackConcurrent Augmented FeedbackTerminal FeedbackFeedback FrequencyKnowledge of Performance and Knowledge of ResultsToo Much Information?Hands Off The Theory of Attentional FocusAttentional Focus in MusicNovice Learners and Internal FocusChallenges to “The Maxim” and “Just-do-it”Flexible AttentionPlanning for Disruptions: Training How to ThinkTraining Embodied CognitionChapter 5: Performance Studies Deliberate PracticeCognitive Demands of Deliberate Practice Emotional Demands of Deliberate PracticeGritBeyond Deliberate PracticeEarly Starts and Caring Mentors Tiger Moms and Helicopter ParentsThe Inverse Power of PraiseBuilding MotivationSelf-Esteem Theory Nature/Nurture The Talent Account: So What?Toxic Talent and Social Justice The Good Enough MusicianChapter 6: Mind Games Break A Leg! - and Other Mind GamesMusic Performance Anxiety (MPA)Causes of MPAThe Physiological Basis of Performance AnxietyBeyond MPAChoking Under PressureCauses of Choking: The Theory of Explicit MonitoringCauses of Choking: The Theory of Distraction The White Bear Problem and the Ironic EffectThe Upside of AnxietyResearched Treatments for MPAStandard Psychotherapies for MPAAlternative Therapies for MPAAlexander TechniqueYogaExperimental Strategies for MPAExposure Therapy and Stress Conditioning Resilience TrainingPower PosingMeditation Holistic Word Cues “Avoid Avoiding” Stories of MPAImportance of Venue and Evaluative ThreatAn Antidote to PerfectionismEmbody the Fear Deliberate Practice Redux Routines and Rituals“Deliberate Calm”The Upside of QuittingGood Luck – and Break a Leg!Chapter 7: the Digital Brain Digital HeavenTrouble in Paradise: The "Screen Invasion”Multitasking: “Dumbing Down the World”Interruption Science and Acquired ADDZebras Don’t Multitask, EitherInternet AddictionWho is Minding the Store?The Plastic Paradox and Digital TechnologyWho Cares if You Listen? The Problem of Audience AttentionDialing Down EmpathyChapter 8: Emotion, Empathy and the Unification of Art and ScienceEmotionUnderstanding Empathy Paying Attention To EmpathyEmpathy And GoodnessEmpathy And BiasLeveraging HomophilyInstilling Empathy Through ArtCoda: The Fourth Culture And The Unification Of Art And ScienceFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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