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This Is Your Brain on Music
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This Is Your Brain on Music

The Science of a Human Obsession

by Daniel J. Levitin

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Fascinating though older book. | Goes into the evolutionary thinking behind why music does what it does.

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Recommended by 3 notable people, including Vinod Khosla and Justin Boreta

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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Music, Music History, and Most Recommended Books.

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 cuttingedge study and a tribute to the beauty of mu...

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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Music, Music History, and Most Recommended Books.

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Fascinating though older book. | Goes into the evolutionary thinking behind why music does what it does.
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