In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it—and the human brain.
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. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to…
Specification: This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Publisher
Plume/Penguin, Reprint edition (August 28, 2007)
Language
English
Paperback
322 pages
ISBN-10
9780452288522
ISBN-13
978-0452288522
Item Weight
2.31 pounds
Dimensions
5.25 x 0.75 x 7.95 inches
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