This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
• 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.
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103 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 16, 2008 Type: User Review |
you will learn a lot if you pay attention
I'm very surprised by how many negative reviews this book is getting. I just finished it, and I love it.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great
Book was purchased as a gift (a teacher) and they tell me it is most interesting. Thye plan tobuy several copies to give to students to understand the rythym of music.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
i am not a musician
and apparently this book is aimed at me, a member of the general public who, the author asserts, is an expert at listening to music, if not a musician. well, i am a biologist, so the neuroscience isn't new to me, and i have to say that i was...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 05, 2008 Type: User Review |
More research needed
As a musician I find this topic fascinating. The book does cover many interesting points and brings up ideas about how and why we react to music in the ways that we do. However, the authors errors in analyzing some of the music examples and forms...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
This is your Brain on Music
This was a gift. The person who received thought it would be good reading.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
Probably more interesting if I had more music theory knowledge
I'm guessing that this book holds more interest to musicians than non-musicians. At least I'm hoping it does, since I gave it as a gift to a musician friend based on reading the cover jacket and 1st chapter.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Very informative
I found the book interesting as well as informative. Very helpful to a fledgling musician!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 14, 2008 Type: User Review |
Revised Title: Daniel J. Levitin's Brain on Music
There is enough self-indulgent auto-biographical dribble in this book to ruin whatever interest the reader might have had for brain science. If you want to learn about how the mind works there are many excellent popular brain science books, stay...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 12, 2008 Type: User Review |
Just Say "Yes" to This is Your Brain On Music
Daniel J. Levitin's "This Is Your Brain on Music" is a book that combines an interest in music with an interest in the brain, the mind, and how they work together. It wasn't written with his scientific colleagues in mind, nor was it written for...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 04, 2008 Type: User Review |
Interesting topic... but that's about it
Boring... The author takes a very interesting topic and simply fails to keep it interesting. The book is highly theoretical with very little concrete fact, offering little substance for the reader.
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