Introduction: of sound mind: a partnership between sound and the brain -- How sound works. Signals outside the head -- Signals inside the head -- Learning: merging signals outside the head with the signals inside -- The listening brain: a quest -- Our sonic selves. Music is the jackpot: sensing, thinking, moving, feeling -- Rhythm: inside and outside the head -- The root of language is sound -- Music and language: a partnership -- The bilingual brain -- Birdsong -- Noise: stop that racket, it's hurting my brain -- Aging and the sound mind -- Sound and brain health: spotlight on athletes and concussion -- Our sonic past, present, and future.
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