This is your brain on music : understanding a human obsession /

Levitin, Daniel J.

This is your brain on music : understanding a human obsession / Daniel Levitin. - London : Atlantic, 2008. - vi, 322 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: New York: Dutton, 2006; London: Atlantic, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-306) and index.

This text offers a comprehensive explanation of how humans experience music and unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with it. It reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience.

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Music--Psychological aspects.

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