Why Humans are Hard-Wired to be Musical
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Bestselling author, neuroscientist and former rock producer Daniel Levitin made a splash with his provocative book This Is Your Brain on Music. He joins us today to talk about his latest book, The World in Six Songs, in which he has identified six kinds of songs that make humans tick: songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and love.
"Six Song" Theory
Daniel Levitin, a musician and former producer who runs the Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition and Expertise at McGill University in Montreal, made a splash with his provocative book "This Is Your Brain on Music." His latest book delves even further into the relationship between music and the mind. "The ...
Six Ways To Use Music
Daniel Levitin’s best-seller, This Is Your Brain On Music, contained some provocative stuff. The musician-turned-neuroscientist also displayed a philosophical streak, with answers to questions like “if a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?” His answer – an ...