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The Science of a Human Obsession

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An edition of This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession (2006)

This Is Your Brain on Music

The Science of a Human Obsession

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Explores the relationship between the mind and music by drawing on recent findings in the fields of neuroscience and evolutionary psychology to discuss such topics as the sources of musical tastes and the brain's responses to music.

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Publisher
Plume
Language
English
Pages
322

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Subjects

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 aspects
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Cover of: This is your brain on music
This is your brain on music: understanding a human obsession
2008, Atlantic
in English - Paperback edition
Cover of: This Is Your Brain on Music
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
August 16, 2007, Penguin Audio
in English
Cover of: This is your brain on music
This is your brain on music: understanding a human obsession
2007, Atlantic
in English
Cover of: This Is Your Brain on Music
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
2007, Plume
Paperback in English
Cover of: This Is Your Brain on Music
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
August 3, 2006, Dutton Adult, Dutton
Hardcover in English
Cover of: This Is Your Brain on Music
This Is Your Brain on Music
May 12, 2006, Pearson P T R
Hardcover in English
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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?
Page 1
What is music?: from pitch to timbre
Page 13
Foot tapping: discerning rhythm, loudness, and harmony
Page 57
Behind the curtain: music and the mind machine
Page 83
Anticipation: what we expect from Liszt (and Ludacris)
Page 111
You know my name, look up the number: how we categorize music
Page 133
After dessert, crick was still four seats away from me: music, emotion, and the reptilian brain
Page 169
What makes a musician?: expertise dissected
Page 193
My favorite things: why do we like the music we like?
Page 223
The music instinct: evolution's #1 hit
Page 247
Appendices
Page 277
Biographic notes
Page 307
Aknowledgments
Page 309

Edition Notes

First Plume (Penguin Group) printing: September 2007.

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New York (New York), USA

Classifications

Library of Congress
ML3830 .L38 2007

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Number of pages
322

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7591261M
ISBN 10
0452288525
ISBN 13
9780452288522
OCLC/WorldCat
148697082
LibraryThing
975591
Goodreads
893035

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL7952954W
LibraryThing
975591

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Work Description

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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