MUS 2210 - Music, Mind, and Brain

Credits: 4
An exploration of how the brain processes musical experience. After a review of the elements of music and the structure/function of the nervous system, students will examine how concepts such as musical training and style correlate with brain function, how the brain responds to emotional content in music, and how music impacts hemispheric laterality. Special topics, such as creativity, the Mozart effect and the relationship between musical genius and creativity will be examined. The course includes a laboratory, using tools such as EEG, EMG, GSR, EKG, skin temperature readings and pulse rate.
Prerequisites Psychology 1106 and Music 1134 or permission of instructor.
Scientific Inquiry with Laboratory
Cross-listed with Psychology 2210 and Sophomore Interdisciplinary Studies 2210