This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession / Daniel J. Levitin.
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TextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Dutton, c2006Description: vi, 322 pISBN: - 0525949690 (hardcover)
- 9780452288522 (pbk)
- 781.11 22
- ML3830 .L38 2006
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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 781.11 LEV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A431025B |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-306) 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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