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This Is Your Brain on Music

The Science of a Human Obsession

By Daniel J. Levitin

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| Hardcover | 9780525949695

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A fascinating exploration of the relationship between music and the mind—and the role of melodies in shaping our lives

Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life—even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful mContinue

A fascinating exploration of the relationship between music and the mind—and the role of melodies in shaping our lives

Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life—even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods? The answers are at last be- coming clear, thanks to revolutionary neuroscience and the emerging field of evolutionary psychology. Both a cutting-edge study and a tribute to the beauty of music itself, This Is Your Brain on Music unravels a host of mysteries that affect everything from pop culture to our understanding of human nature, including:
• Are our musical preferences shaped in utero?
• Is there a cutoff point for acquiring new tastes in music?
• What do PET scans and MRIs reveal about the brain's response to music?
• Is musical pleasure different from other kinds of pleasure?

This Is Your Brain on Music explores cultures in which singing is considered an essential human function, patients who have a rare disorder that prevents them from making sense of music, and scientists studying why two people may not have the same definition of pitch. At every turn, this provocative work unlocks deep secrets about how nature and nurture forge a uniquely human obsession. BACKCOVER: “I know Dan to have a deep musical knowledge and strong intellect combined with a warm spirit and a big heart. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of popular music . . . He is a fine writer and has the ability to make difficult concepts very clear.”
—STEVIE WONDER

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  • The food of love

    This Is Your Brain On Music: Understanding a Human Obsession by Daniel J Levitin 320pp, Atlantic, £17.99 "Many people who love music," says Daniel Levitin, "profess to know nothing about it. I've found that many of my colleagues who study difficult, ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

    Review-a-Day Saturday, October 13th, 2007 Voice your opinion about this review by posting a comment on the Powells.com blog This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin Do You Hear What I Hear? A review by Doug B ... (read full critics)

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