{"product_id":"this-is-your-brain-on-music-the-science-of-a-human-obsession-paperback","title":"This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Levitin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking 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 Duke Ellington to Van Halen, he reveals:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world\u003cbr\u003e- Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre\u003cbr\u003e- That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise\u003cbr\u003e- How those insidious little jingles (called earworms) get stuck in our head\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award finalist, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain on Music\u003c\/i\u003e will attract readers of Oliver Sacks and David Byrne, as it is an unprecedented, eye-opening investigation into an obsession at the heart of human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Levitin\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He is Founding Dean of Arts \u0026amp; Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco, and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain on Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe World in Six Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Organized Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSuccessful Aging\u003c\/i\u003e. He divides his time between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.05 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61843284885874,"sku":"9780452288522","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/6485\/2594\/files\/ZU5PZ29sbVNSWE5GQ3h5TEhrUlpoQT09.webp?v=1778455307","url":"https:\/\/shop.tecolotebookstore.com\/products\/this-is-your-brain-on-music-the-science-of-a-human-obsession-paperback","provider":"Tecolote","version":"1.0","type":"link"}