An anthology of core readings on cognitive psychology.
Music, Science, and the Brain are more closely related than you think. Daniel J. Levitin, James McGill Professor of Psychology and Music at McGill University, shows you why this is. In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin ("The World in Six So[...]
The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "This Is Your Brain on Music" reveals music's role in the evolution of human culture-and "will leave you awestruck" ("The New York Times")
Daniel J. Levitin's astounding debut bestseller, "This Is Your Brain on Music," enthralled and delighted reader[...]
"New York Times" bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.
The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more--and faster--decis[...]
Author and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin tackles the problems of twenty-first century information overload in his New York Times bestselling book The Organized Mind. "The Organized Mind is smart, important, and as always, exquisitely written". (Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University, author of Stumbling[...]
Explains how humans experience music and unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with it. Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, this work 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[...]
In his enthralling and revelatory This is Your Brain on Music Daniel Levitin unpicked the pathways of the brain to reveal how human beings have been hard-wired for music. Now, in an astonishing blend of art and science, he unveils his revolutionary theory of 'Six Songs', and describes how music pla[...]
Rock Around the BrainMusik ist fur unsere Gehirnzellen wie eine Droge. Sie kann uns mitreissen, Glucksgefuhle bescheren und in einen Rausch versetzen oder auch traurig oder melancholisch machen. Aber warum ist das so? Woher bezieht Musik ihre Macht, ihre Magie? Und warum kann sich kaum jemand ihrer [...]
Yhdysvaltalainen neurotieteilijä Daniel J. Levitin uskoo, että musiikki on jotakin ihmislajille perustavanlaatuista, kenties perustavanlaatuisempaa kuin puhuttu kieli. Se ei ole mikään evoluution sivupolku tai suorastaan parasiitti, loinen, kuten jotkut tutkijat ovat esittäneet, vaan pikemminki[...]