Daniel J. Levitin, 2006, 320 pages
Why human beings make and enjoy música is, in Levitin’s telling, a delicious story. In this unprecedented meeting of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between música – its performances, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it – and the human brain.
Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that música is nothing más than an evolutionary accident, Levitin argues that música is fundamental to our species, perhaps even más so than language. ‘This Is Your Brain On Music’ is an ear-opening,...
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