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This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession / Daniel J. Levitin.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Dutton, 2016.Edition: First Dutton Paperback printingDescription: x, 334 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780452288522
  • 0452288525
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781/.11
LOC classification:
  • ML 3830 L666t 2016
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) ML 3830 L666t 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000150085

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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