Tone of Voice and Mind is a synthesis of findings from neurophysiology
(how neurons produce subjective feeling), neuropsychology (how the
human cerebral hemispheres undertake complementary
information-processing), intonation studies (how the emotions are
encoded in the tone of voice), and music perception (how human beings
hear and feel harmony). The focus is on the psychological
characteristics that distinguish us from other primate species. At a
neuronal level, we are just another mammalian species, but the
functional specialization of the human cerebral hemispheres has
resulted in three outstanding, uniquely-human talents: language,
tool-usage and music. To understand how the human brain coordinates
those behaviors is to understand who we are.