| Record Type: |
Language materials, printed
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
This is your brain on music :/ Daniel J. Levitin. |
| Reminder of title: |
the science of a human obsession / |
| Author: |
Levitin, Daniel J. |
| Published: |
New York :Plume Book, : [2007], c2006., |
| Description: |
322 p. :ill. ;21 cm. |
| Notes: |
"New York times bestseller"--Cover. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Introduction: I love music and I love science - why would I want to mix the two? -- What is music?: from pitch to timbre -- Foot tapping: discerning rhythm, loudness, and harmony -- Behind the curtain: music and the mind machine -- Anticipation: what we expect from Liszt (and Ludacris) -- You know my name, look up the number: how we categorize music -- After dessert, crick was still four seats away from me: music, emotion, and the reptilian brain -- What makes a musician?: expertise dissected -- My favorite things: why do we like the music we like? -- The music instinct: evolution's #1 hit. |
| Subject: |
Music - Psychological aspects. - |
| ISBN: |
9780452288522$b(pbk.) : |