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This Is Your Brain on Music

The Science of a Human Obsession

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 What can music teach us about the brain? What can the brain teach us about music? And what can both teach us about ourselves?

In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin (The World in Six Songs and The Organized Mind) explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it—and the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals:

• How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world
• Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre
• That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise
• How those insidious little jingles (called earworms) get stuck in our head

Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin poses that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. A Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist, This is Your Brain on Music will attract readers of Oliver Sacks and David Byrne, as it is an unprecedented, eye-opening investigation into an obsession at the heart of human nature. Musique Nature et écologie Plein air et nature Psychologie Psychologie et santé mentale Science Cerveau humain Émotions Brain Science

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“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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You'll never see your brain and music the same again. Easy to follow and the reader has a wonderful voice 🤣

Well worth the listen!

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Insightful and well constructed. Excellent pacing and well read. Will listen to it many times

Full of chewy thoughts

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The narrator did a good job presenting the material. The material would be interesting and useful if you were doing a PhD in music. As a parent I was hoping to get a better understanding of how music might influence kids that have ADHD and other mental health issues. From that perspective there wasn't a lot here. There also didn't seem to be much structure to how the information was presented nor did it rap in to any meaningful kind of a conclusion. Unless you are a serious scholar on this topic you are not going to enjoy this book in my opinion.

Great if you are writing a PhD on music

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