This book is about the power of music, that is, the effectof music on our emotive, cognitive, motor, and socialabilities. Where does this power come from? What isthe basis of this power? What mechanisms support thispower? Can technology enhance this power? How canwe apply this in education, health, sports, and otherapplication domains?Answering these and related questions is the centralgoal of the research that is currently conducted atIPEM, the institute for systematic musicology at GhentUniversity, Belgium. IPEM’s mission is to provide ascientifi c foundation for musical and technologicalinnovation in the cultural/creative sector.With contributions of seven experts in different fi eldssuch as musicology, ergonomics, acoustics, physics,and movement science, this book reveals informationthat is less publicly known. The authors discuss topics asvaried as basic concepts of musical embodiment, musicperformance, mediation technology as an extension ofthe body, social interaction in music, music education,health, rehabilitation and lifestyle, and fundamentals ofmusic and movement.MICHELINE LESAFFRE has beenworking as a researcher insystematic musicology at IPEM atGhent University since 1998. Sheholds a PhD in Musicology aboutuser-centered approaches to MusicInformation Retrieval and issuesof the perception of high-levelsemantics of music. Her researchresults were published in majorinternational peer-reviewed journals.MARC LEMAN is ‘Methusalem’research professor in systematicmusicology and director of IPEMat Ghent University. He hasa background in musicology,philosophy and computing. He isa pioneer in the epistemologicaland methodological foundationsof computational modeling andembodied music cognition. Hepublished more than 250 articles,and books.