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This Is Your Brain on Music
The Science of a Human Obsession
Book • 2006
In this book, Daniel J. Levitin delves into the relationship between music and the human brain.
He argues that music is fundamental to human nature, possibly even more so than language.
Levitin draws on the latest research and uses musical examples from Mozart to Van Halen to explain how composers create pleasurable effects, why we are emotionally attached to the music of our youth, and the role of practice in musical expertise.
He also explores why certain jingles get stuck in our heads and how music coordinates various parts of the brain.
The book is an insightful investigation into the science behind our obsession with music.
He argues that music is fundamental to human nature, possibly even more so than language.
Levitin draws on the latest research and uses musical examples from Mozart to Van Halen to explain how composers create pleasurable effects, why we are emotionally attached to the music of our youth, and the role of practice in musical expertise.
He also explores why certain jingles get stuck in our heads and how music coordinates various parts of the brain.
The book is an insightful investigation into the science behind our obsession with music.
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