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This book explores the connection between music and its performances, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it and the human brain.
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Music, Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Electronic books, Música, Aspectes psicològics, Nervous System Physiological Phenomena, Psychology, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, Auditory Perception, Aspect psychologique, Musique, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Music, psychological aspectsShowing 7 featured editions. View all 7 editions?
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This is your brain on music: understanding a human obsession
2008, Atlantic
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
August 28, 2007, Plume
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This is your brain on music: understanding a human obsession
2007, Atlantic
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
August 16, 2007, Penguin Audio
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
August 3, 2006, Dutton Adult, Dutton
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This Is Your Brain on Music
May 12, 2006, Pearson P T R
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Table of Contents
Introduction: I love music and I love science : why would I want to mix the two?
What is music? : from pitch to timbre
Foot tapping: discerning rhythm, loudness, and harmony
Behind the curtain: music and the mind machine
Anticipation : what we expect from Liszt (and Ludacris)
You know my name, look up the number : how we categorize music
After dessert, Crick was still four seats away from me : music, emotion, and the reptilian brain
What makes a musician? : expertise dissected
My favorite things : why do we like the music we like?
The music instinct : evolution's #1 hit
Appendices
Bibliographic notes
Acknowledgments
Index.
Edition Notes
Originally published: New York: Dutton, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-306) and index.
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