音乐、心理与大脑

Music，Mind and the Brain

音乐因其对个人和社会的重要意义而吸引心理学和神经科学等学科的研究者对其心理机制及神经基础进行广泛而深入的探究。研究者们围绕音乐的认知加工和情绪体验及其神经基础、音乐与人格特征的关系、音乐心理学及脑科学研究的应用价值诸方面展开研究，取得了不少重要进展，但也面临着一些问题。在脑认知机制上音乐加工与语言加工的关系、音乐情绪加工及其脑机制等是未来研究的可能方向。

Music plays an important role both in one’s life and in a society and therefore attracts psychologists and neuroscientists to explore intensively and extensively the psychological mechanisms and neural basis of human musical mind． This paper reviewed the major research advances and results in the areas of cognitive processing and emotional experience of music，the individual differences in responding to and enjoying music，and the implications of psychological and neuro-scientific research on music． The concluding remarks addressed the key issues in current studies as well as directions for future research in the area of music， mind and brain．