Series in Affective Science: Evolution of Emotional Communication: From Sounds in Nonhuman Mammals to Speech and Music in Man

Altenmuller, E. (ed) et al

ISBN 10: 0199583560 / ISBN 13: 9780199583560

Published by Oxford University Press, 2013

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:9780199583560.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Series in Affective Science: Evolution of Emotional Communication: From Sounds in Nonhuman Mammals to Speech and Music in Man
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199583560
• ISBN 13: 9780199583560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 900 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History & Science

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Synopsis

Why do we think that we can understand animal voices - such as the barking of a pet dog, the meows of the family cat? Why do we think of deep voices as dominant and high voices as submissive.This groundbreaking book presents a thorough exploration into how acoustically conveyed emotions are generated and processed in both animals and humans.

About the Author

Prof. Dr. med. Eckart Altenmuller (b. 1955) holds a Masters degree in classical flute, and is a Medical Doctor. After clinical training as a neurologist and habilitation, he became in 1994 chairman and director of the Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine at the University of Music, Drama, and Media in Hannover. He continues research into the neurobiology of emotions and into movement disorders in musicians as well as motor, auditory and sensory learning. Since 2005 he is President of the German Society of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine and Member of the Gottingen Academy of Sciences.

Privatdozent Dr. rer nat. Sabine Schmidt is an experimental behavioural and sensory biologist and Head of the Sensory Biology group of the Institute of Zoology at the University of Veterinary Medicine and the Centre for Systems Neuroscience in Hannover, Germany. Her main research interests cover behavioural ecology and psychoacoustics, with special emphasis on echolocation and acoustic communication in bats.

Prof. Dr. rer nat. Elke Zimmermann is an experimental behavioural and evolutionary biologist and Director of the Institute of Zoology and Professor at the University of Veterinary Medicine and the Center for Systems Neuroscience in Hannover, Germany. Her main research interests cover patterns, processes and mechanisms of primate adaptation, speciation and evolution, with special emphasis to the evolution of communication and cognition. She is spokesperson of the DFG-funded interdisciplinary Research Unit Acoustic communication of emotions in humans and nonhuman mammals.