Section I. Introduction
1: Michael H. Thaut and Donald A. Hodges: The Neuroscientific Study of Music: A New Discipline
Section II. Music, the Brain, and Cultural Contexts
2: Michael H. Thaut and Donald A. Hodges: Music through the Lens of Cultural Neuroscience
3: Steve J. Morrison, Steven M. Demorest, and Marcus T. Pearce: Cultural Distance: A computational approach to exploring cultural influences on music cognition
4: Bjorn Merker: When extravagance impresses: Recasting esthetics in evolutionary terms
Section III. Music processing in The Human Brain
5: Thenille Braun Janzen and Michael H. Thaut: Cerebral Organization of Music Processing
6: Robin W. Wilkins: Network Neuroscience: An Introduction to Graph Theory Network-Based Techniques for Music and Brain Imaging Research
7: Mike Schutz: Acoustic structure and musical function: Musical notes informing auditory research
8: Christina M Vanden Bosch der Nederlanden, Eric T. Taylor, and Jessica A. Grahn: Neural Basis of Rhythm Perception
9: Stefan Koelsch: Neural Basis of Music Perception: Pitch, Harmony, and Timbre
10: Frank Russo: Multisensory Processing in Music
Section IV. Neural Responses to Music: Cognition, Affect, Language
11: Lutz Jaencke: Music and Memory
12: Psyche Loui and Rachel Guetta: Music and attention, executive function, and creativity
13: Patrik N. Juslin and Laura S. Sakka: Neural Correlates of Music and Emotion
14: Yuko Koshimori: Neurochemical Responses to Music
15: Elvira Brattico: The neuroaesthetics of music: A research agenda coming of age
16: Daniele Schoen and Benjamin Morillon: Music and Language
Section V. Musicianship and Brain Function
17: Virginia B. Penhune: Musical Expertise and Brain Structure: The causes and consequences of training
18: Irma Jaervelae: Genomics approaches for studying musical aptitude and related traits
19: Eckart Altenmueller, Shinichi Furuya, Daniel S. Scholz, and Christos I. Ioannou: Brain Research in Music Performance
20: Aaron Berkowitz and Michael G. Erkkinen: Brain Research in Music Improvisation
21: Timothy L. Hubbard: Neural mechanisms of musical imagery
22: Vesa Putkinen and Mari Tervaniemi: Neuroplasticity in Music Learning
Section VI. Development al Issues in Music and the Brain
23: Anthony Brandt, L. Robert Slevc, and Molly Gebrian: The Role of Musical Development in Early Language Acquisition
24: Laurel J Trainor and Susan Marsh-Rollo: Rhythm, Meter, and Timing: The heartbeat of musical development
25: L. Ferreri, A. Moussard, E. Bigand, and B. Tillmann: Music and the Aging Brain
26: Swathi Swaminathan and E. Glenn Schellenberg: Music Training and Cognitive Abilities: Associations, Causes, and Consequences
27: Adam Ockelford: The Neuroscience of Children on the Autism Spectrum with Exceptional Musical Abilities
Section VII. Music, the Brain, and Health
28: Corene Thaut and Klaus Martin Stephan: Music and Sensorimotor Functions
29: Yune Lee, Corene Thaut, and Charlene Santoni: Music-Induced Speech and Language Rehabilitation
30: Shantala Hegde: Neurologic Music Therapy to target Cognitive and Affective Functions
31: Isabelle Royal, Sebastien Paquette, and Pauline Tranchant: Musical Disorders
32: David Peterson: When blue turns to grey: the enigma of musician's dystonia
Section VII. The Future
33: Michael H. Thaut and Donald A. Hodges: New Horizons for Brain Research in Music
