Music and madness: neuropsychiatric aspects of music.
Music has soothed the souls of human beings for centuries and it has helped people recover from ailments since ancient times. Today, there is still a widespread interest in the relationship between music, affect and mental illness. This article is aimed at reviewing these complex relationships, starting from a wide perspective on the neurobiology of emotions, perceptions and music language to a detailed analysis of psychopathology in famous musicians.
Mula
Marco
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Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara, Italy.
Trimble
Michael R
MR
D003405:Creativity; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011570:Psychiatry; D011599:Psychopathology