This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession - Softcover

Levitin, Daniel J.

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ISBN 10: 0452288525 ISBN 13: 9780452288522

Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2007

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"Endlessly stimulating, a marvelous overview, and one which only a deeply musical neuroscientist could give....An important book."--Oliver Sacks, M.D.

"I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else - and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on, this book doesn't 'spoil' enjoyment--it only deepens the beautiful mystery that is music."--David Byrne, founder of Talking Heads and author of How Music Works

"Levitin is a deft and patient explainer of the basics for the non-scientist as well as the non-musician....By tracing music's deep ties to memory, Levitin helps quantify some of music's magic without breaking its spell."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Why human beings make and enjoy music is, in Levitin's telling, a delicious story."--Salon.com

"Dr. Levitin is an unusually deft interpreter full of striking scientific trivia."--The New York Times

"Every musician, at whatever level of skill, should read this book."--Howie Klein, former president, Sire and Reprise/Warner Brothers Records

"Levitin's lucid explanation of why music is important to us is essential reading for creative musicians and scholars. I've been waiting for years for a book like this."--Jon Appleton, composer and professor of Music, Dartmouth College and Stanford University, inventor of the Synclavier synthesizer

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A scientific exploration of the relationship between the mind and music draws on recent findings in the fields of neuroscience and evolutionary psychology to discuss such topics as the sources of musical tastes, the brain's discernible responses to music, and the cultural origins of musical senses. Reprint.

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• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0452288525
• ISBN 13: 9780452288522
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352