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163 - Daniel Levitin: Songwriting and the Neuroscience of Music

Nov 5, 2023
Daniel Levitin, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience, discusses the neuroscience of music. Topics include the brain's processing of complex music, why songs get stuck in our heads, and why some sounds are more pleasing than others.
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Quick takeaways

  • Babies are born with an innate music module and demonstrate an understanding of musical syntax as early as three to five years old.
  • A neurological understanding of music can both enhance and reduce one's appreciation for it.

Deep dives

Babies explore pitch, melody, and rhythm during musical babbling

Babies have an innate music module and engage in musical babbling, playing with pitch, melody, and rhythm similar to how they play with speech sounds.

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