- Susanne Metzner, Prof. Dr. sc. mus.1⇓
- 1University of Applied Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
- Susanne Metzner, Prof. Dr. sc. mus., University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Breitscheidstrasse 2, D-39114 Magdeburg, Germany Email: susanne.metzner@hs-magdeburg.de
Abstract
The article addresses the phenomenon of pain and the music therapeutic treatment of pain, with consideration of the involved functional and representational brain functions and its connected epistemological problems. A 2-fold description of the therapeutic process is presented whereby a transmodal process linking affective–sensory pain with audio music experience and an assignment of musical symbols to pain lead to a modification of the pain experience. A theory of aesthetic perception serves as the framework and as a platform for interdisciplinary discussion.
http://mmd.sagepub.com/content/4/3/163.full