This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

Title: This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession Author: Daniel J Levitin ISBN: 9780452288522 Publisher: Plume/Penguin Published: 2007 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: Reprint Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Music & Performing Arts: 1684622 Section: Music | Instruction & Study | Theory Publisher Description: In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music--its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it--and the human brain. Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin poses that music is fundamental to