Music-specific disorders

Music-specific disorders impede one's ability to comprehend, respond to, and enjoy music; these disorders can be both congenital (present at birth) and acquired. They may interfere with one's ability to perceive elements of music, such as pitch, melody, harmony, and rhythm; the ability to react both emotionally and with bodily movements (e.g. dancing) to music; to form music-related memories; and the ability to create and perform music. While music is traditionally regarded as a purely auditory phenomenon, modern scientific study of music – the musicology – is a interdiscipline between psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. Investigating music-specific disorders under these scopes has helped us better understand the psychology and neuroscience of music.

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