This Is Your Brain on Music
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What’s it about?
Music feels magical, but Daniel Levitin reveals it's a predictable, measurable result of how our brains are wired—a window into cognition, memory, and emotion.
You’ll learn
- How your brain constructs pitch and timbre
- Why expectation and surprise drive musical pleasure
- The neural basis of rhythm and movement
- How musical memory survives even Alzheimer's