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.
The author of the "New York Times" bestseller and "Los Angeles Times" Book Award Finalist "This Is Your Brain on Music" tunes into six evolutionary musical forms that brought about the evolution of human culture.
Daniel J. Levitins astounding debut bestseller, This Is Your Brain on Music, enthralled and delighted readers as it transformed our understanding of how music gets in our heads and stays there. Now in his second New York Times bestseller, his genius for combining science and art reveals how music shaped humanity across cultures and throughout ...
Scientists from many disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology and neuroscience, contribute to the study of cognition. Cognitive psychology, the science of the human mind and of how people process information, is at the core of empirical investigations into the nature of mind and thought. This anthology is based on the assumptions that ...
This is the first book to offer a comprehensive explanation of how humans experience music and to unravel the mystery of our perennial love affair with it. Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why ...
Musik ist eine uralte, ewig junge menschliche Leidenschaft. In unserem Leben kann sie eine prAgende Rolle spielen, selbst wenn uns dies gar nicht immer bewusst ist. Doch woher beziehen Melodien ihre Macht, ihre Magie? Daniel Levitin, der die Neugier des Neurowissenschaftlers mit der Erfahrung des erfolgreichen Musikproduzenten verbindet, erkundet ...
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