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Taking 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:
• 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 head
A Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist, This Is Your Brain on Music 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.
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- Identification Number : 0452288525
- Publisher : Plume/Penguin; Illustrated edition (August 28, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 322 pages
- International Standard Book Number-10 : 9780452288522
- International Standard Book Number-13 : 978-0452288522
- Item Weight : 9.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.72 x 7.98 inches
Reviews From Customers
Susan Goewey
Good substitute for the music theory class I never took & great inspiration to play piano too
February 22, 2019
I recently started music therapy for my son with autism and this book explains why I think it is so good for him. Autism means “splinter skills” and sometimes I am surprised at what he can (and, sadly, can’t do). When he was much younger he was good at math, almost grade level until he suffered a concussion. But I feel music therapy is bringing back some of that pattern recognition and decoding and he has begun to be able to read musical notes to play piano and change chords on the ukulele. It is so joyful and this book inspires me to help him practice more in between biweekly sessions with a trained therapist.
Music therapy gives me new hope that he can still learn and grow even after his academic progress has stalled.
The author has such an interesting background music combined with neuroscience. I loved his other book too entitled “The Organized Mind” … Dan Levitin has a way of making me feel completely normal that my brain feels often on the verge of exploding as it tries to cope with modern life…. I love how the author EXPLAINS why playing/practicing music/listening to music clapping hands to a good rhythm, singing in unison, watching a familiar old musical or a newer one like La la Land is so helpful
(relaxing, energizing, calming, whatever mood I seek, there’s a song for it. this book is full of interesting music trivia and he uses great examples of familiar songs so you immediately get his points on how songs are written and why we like some more than others, get some stuck in our heads and others are nails on chalkboard based on our own tastes/experiences … so interesting how the “younger generation” has been rebelling against parents but also rediscovering and enjoying prior generations’ music as well.
A great read that literally plays music in your head. An Ode to Joy.
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Juan Mariatti
Very interesting closing chapters…awkwardly tries to introduce musical concepts in first chapters
April 25, 2020
This is an interesting book indeed, which reads rather slowly but consistently, and arrives at some neat and quintessentially interesting conclusions. Nevertheless, there are two main thing I disliked about it.
1) It is written for an american public. I am not american, I am from Uruguay and I’m not familiar with the dozens of artist from folk to pop that are mentioned as examples in the book…also, it was quite disappointing to see actual teen-pop artists being constantly mentioned throughout the book (along with Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Coltrane, of course). I get the point but, why, existing so much artsy and crafty music recorded available?
2) In the first chapters, the book unsuccessfully tries to introduce basic musical concepts by plain reading paragraphs, which is rather uncomfortable. I think it would have been easier to directly reduce the scope of the book to people with at least some basic music knowledge, and avoid all this awkward reading. The problem is that the book is a science book, but it uses the music to develop it…so it is quite a small group of people that will read it to its 100% of potential. That’s why I sometimes got the impression that the book is written by an american scientist living in Stanford California, only to be read by other scientists living in Stanford California.
I don’t apply to that, but I enjoyed reading it from a musical point of view (I’m a jazz composer), opening paths to further reading because this book’s conclusions invite to diverse extrapolations with other subjects. I must say, congratulations for the interesting project.
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