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An edition of This Is Your Brain on Music (2006)

This is your brain on music

understanding a human obsession

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.9 (12 ratings) ·
  • 78 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 18 Have read

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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Publisher
Atlantic
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: 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
August 28, 2007, Plume
in English
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: 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
Cover of: This Is Your Brain on Music
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.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.11
Library of Congress
ML3830 .L384 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 322 pages
Number of pages
322

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL39814261M
Internet Archive
thisisyourbraino0000levi_y1h7
ISBN 10
1843547155
ISBN 13
9781843547150
OCLC/WorldCat
166315662

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Work ID
OL7952954W

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