Textbook Discounter: Sciences: This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
	Author: Daniel J. Levitin Publisher: Plume/Penguin Category: Book List Price: ~~$15.00~~ Buy New: $5.88 You Save: $9.12 (61%) New (79) Used (35) Collectible (1) from $5.20 Rating: 108 reviews Sales Rank: 763 Media: Paperback Pages: 322 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7 Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8 ISBN: 0452288525 Dewey Decimal Number: 781.11 EAN: 9780452288522 ASIN: 0452288525 Publication Date: August 28, 2007 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Condition: remainder mark; we ship on same or next business day


Editorial Reviews: Product Description In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between musicits performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy itand the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals: How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise How those insidious little jingles (called earworms) get stuck in our heads And, taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin argues that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. This Is Your Brain on Music is an unprecedented, eye-opening investigation into an obsession at the heart of human nature.