This Is Your Brain On Music Understanding A Human Obsession - Daniel Levitin

From The Author Of The Changing Mind And The Organized Mind Comes The York Times Bestseller Which Unravels The Mystery Of Our Perennial Love Affair With Music 'what Do The Music Of Bach, Depeche Mode And John Cage Fundamentally Have In Common?' Music Is An Obsession At The Heart Of Human Nature, Even More Fundamental To Our Species Than Language. From Mozart To The Beatles, Neuroscientist, Psychologist And Internationally-bestselling Author Daniel Levitin 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 Such An Emotional Experience. In This Is Your Brain On Music Levitin Offers Nothing Less Than A Way To Understand Music, And What It Can Teach Us About Ourselves.