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The Science of a Human Obsession
Dutton
August 2006
On Sale: August 3, 2006
320 pages
ISBN: 0525949690
EAN: 9780525949695
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
A fascinating exploration of the relationship between
music and the mind—and the role of melodies in shaping our
lives
Whether you load your iPod with Bach or
Bono, music has a significant role in your life—even if you
never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods?
The answers are at last be- coming clear, thanks to
revolutionary neuroscience and the emerging field of
evolutionary psychology. Both a cutting-edge study and a
tribute to the beauty of music itself, This Is Your Brain
on Music unravels a host of mysteries that affect
everything from pop culture to our understanding of human
nature, including:
• Are our musical preferences shaped
in utero?
• Is there a cutoff point for acquiring new
tastes in music?
• What do PET scans and MRIs reveal
about the brain’s response to music?
• Is musical
pleasure different from other kinds of pleasure?
This Is Your Brain on Music explores cultures in
which singing is considered an essential human function,
patients who have a rare disorder that prevents them from
making sense of music, and scientists studying why two
people may not have the same definition of pitch. At every
turn, this provocative work unlocks deep secrets about how
nature and nurture forge a uniquely human obsession.
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