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2008 non-fiction book by Daniel Levitin
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession is a popular science book written by the McGill University neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin , and first published by Dutton Penguin in the U.S. and Canada in 2006, and updated and released in paperback by Plume/Penguin in 2007. It has been translated into 18 languages and spent more than a year on The New York Times , The Globe and Mail , and other bestseller lists, and sold more than one million copies.[1]
Overview
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The aim of This Is Your Brain on Music was to make recent findings in neuroscience of music accessible to the educated layperson.[2] Characteristics and theoretical parameters of music are explained alongside scientific findings about how the brain interprets and processes these characteristics.[3] The neuroanatomy of musical expectation, emotion, listening and performance is discussed.
This Is Your Brain on Music describes the components of music, such as timbre, rhythm, pitch, and harmony[4] and ties them to neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, cognitive psychology, and evolution,[4] [5] [6] while also making these topics accessible to nonexpert readers by avoiding the use of scientific jargon.[3] One particular focus of the book is on cognitive models of categorization and expectation, and how music exploits these cognitive processes.[4] [5] The book challenges Steven Pinker 's "auditory cheesecake" assertion that music was an incidental by-product of evolution, arguing instead that music served as an indicator of cognitive, emotional and physical health, and was evolutionarily advantageous as a force that led to social bonding and increased fitness, citing the arguments of Charles Darwin , Geoffrey Miller and others.[7]
This Is Your Brain on Music was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award in 2006–2007 for best in the Science and Engineering category, and a Quill Award for best debut author of 2006–2007. It was named one of the best books of the year by The Globe and Mail , The Independent and The Guardian .[8] A long list of prominent scientists and musicians have praised it, including Oliver Sacks , Francis Crick , Brian Greene , David Byrne , George Martin , Yoko Ono , Neil Peart , Victor Wooten , Pete Townshend and Keith Lockhart , and it has been adopted for course use in both science and literature classes at dozens of universities including MIT , Dartmouth College , UC Berkeley , Stanford , Kenyon College , the University of Wisconsin . Two documentary films were based on the book: The Musical Brain (2009) featuring Levitin as host, along with appearances by Sting , Michael Bublé , Feist , and former Fugees leader Wyclef Jean ; and The Music Instinct (2009) with Levitin and Bobby McFerrin as co-hosts, with appearances by Yo Yo Ma , Jarvis Cocker , Daniel Barenboim , Oliver Sacks and others. In 2009, Harvard University announced This Is Your Brain on Music would be required reading in its Freshman Core Program in General Education.[9] In 2011–2012, the Physics Department at the California Institute of Technology adopted it as a textbook.
Current editions
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English
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession . New York: Plume (Penguin), 2007, paperback, ISBN 978-0-452-28852-2 .
This Is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession . London: Grove/Atlantic, 2007, hardcover, ISBN 978-1-84354-715-0
This Is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession . London: Grove/Atlantic, 2008, paperback, ISBN 978-1-84354-716-7
Other languages
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Ons muzikale brein . Altas Contact, Amsterdam, 2013, ISBN 9789045024561 , vertaling Robert Vernooy, paperback 320 p.
De la note au cerveau . Les Éditions de l'Homme/Sogides, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2010, ISBN 978-2-7619-2679-9
De la note au cerveau. France: Editions Heloise d'Ormesson , 2010. ISBN 2-35087-129-0
Der Musik-Instinkt: Die Wissenschaft einer menschlichen Leidenschaft . Heidelberg, Germany: Spektrum, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8274-2078-7
Fatti di musica: La scienza di un'ossessione umana . 2008, Torino, Italy: Codice, 2008, paperback, ISBN 978-88-7578-098-2
Musiikki ja aivot: Ihmisen erään pakkomielteen tiedettä . (Translated into Finnish by Timo Paukku.) Helsinki: Terra Cognita 2010. ISBN 978-952-5697-22-3
This Is Your Brain on Music . (Portuguese). Brazil: Distribuidora Record, 2009.
This Is Your Brain on Music . Croatia: Vukovic & Runjic.
This Is Your Brain on Music . Greece: Psihopolis, due 2010.
This Is Your Brain on Music . Japan: Hakuyosha Publishing, due 2010.
This Is Your Brain on Music . Romania: SC Humanitas, due 2010.
This Is Your Brain on Music . Turkey: Pegasus Yayincilik, 2010.
Tu cerebro y la musica . Spain: RBA Libros. ISBN 978-84-9867-336-4 , 2008.
Uma Paixão Humana: O seu Cérebro e a Música . Lisbon, Portugal: EditorialBizâncio, 2007, paperback, ISBN 978-972-53-0363-4
뇌의 왈츠 - 세상에서 가장 아름다운 강박 (This Is Your Brain on Music.) Korea: Mati. ISBN 978-89-92053-16-7 , 2008.
Ова е вашиотмозок за музика (This Is Your Brain on Music.) Macedonia: Kosta Abras Ad Ohrid, 2009. ISBN 978-9989-843-48-8
References
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^ a b Sullivan, J. (2006, August 20). "He's rocking the world of neuroscience ". The Boston Globe .
^ a b c Bortz, F. (2006, September 3). "The science of music, the purpose of music". The Seattle Times , p. E&A J9.
^ a b Rothenberg, D. (2006, July 29). "Music on your mind". The Globe and Mail , pp. D8-D9.
^ Fenton, J. (2006, September 29). "The food of love ". The Guardian , Features & Review p. 9.
^ (2006, August 7). Publishers Weekly .
^ (2008, September 21). "Pick of the paperbacks 2008 ". The Guardian .
^ "FAS Information for Instructors 2006-2007" . Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2009-12-30 .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=This_Is_Your_Brain_on_Music&oldid=1221992312 "
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