This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession Paperback - 2007
by Daniel J. Levitin
Neuroscientist and professional musician Levitin presents a fascinating exploration of the relationship between music and the mind--and the role of melodies in shaping our lives. Photos throughout.
Summary
Music, Science, and the Brain are more closely related than you think. Daniel J. Levitin, James McGill Professor of Psychology and Music at McGill University, shows you why this is.
In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin (The World in Six Songs) 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
Details
- Title This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
- Author Daniel J. Levitin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1 Reprint
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dutton, New York
- Date 2007-09-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780452288522 / 0452288525
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.05 x 5.25 x 0.75 in (20.45 x 13.34 x 1.91 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Music - Psychological aspects
- Dewey Decimal Code 781.11
Media reviews
Endlessly stimulating, a marvelous overview, and one which only a deeply musical neuroscientist could give. . . . An important book. (Oliver Sacks, M.D.)
LevitinÆs snappy prose and relaxed style quickly win one over and will leave readers thinking about the contents of their iPods in an entirely new way. (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
Why human beings make and enjoy music is, in LevitinÆs telling, a delicious story. (Salon.com)
Citations
- People Weekly, 10/08/2007, Page 55
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