Awards

• Winner of CINE Special Jury Prize for Arts and Culture.
• Winner of Quill Award.
• Winner of Rockie Award Nominee.

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Endlessly stimulating, a marvelous overview, and one which only a deeply musical neuroscientist could give. . . . An important book. -Oliver Sacks, M.D. I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else - and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on, this book doesn't 'spoil' enjoyment - it only deepens the beautiful mystery that is music. -David Byrne, founder of Talking Heads and author of How Music Works Levitin is a deft and patient explainer of the basics for the non-scientist as well as the non-musician. . . . By tracing music's deep ties to memory, Levitin helps quantify some of music's magic without breaking its spell. - Los Angeles Times Book Review

Levitin is a deft and patient explainer of the basics for the non-scientist as well as the non-musician. . . . By tracing musicas deep ties to memory, Levitin helps quantify some of musicas magic without breaking its spell. ( Los Angeles Times Book Review )

Endlessly stimulating, a marvelous overview, and one which only a deeply musical neuroscientist could give. . . . An important book. -Oliver Sacks, M.D. I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else - and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on, this book doesn't 'spoil' enjoyment - it only deepens the beautiful mystery that is music. -David Byrne, founder of Talking Heads and author of <i>How Music Works</i> Levitin is a deft and patient explainer of the basics for the non-scientist as well as the non-musician. . . . By tracing music's deep ties to memory, Levitin helps quantify some of music's magic without breaking its spell. -<i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i>

Why human beings make and enjoy music is, in Levitin's telling, a delicious story. (Salon.com)

Endlessly stimulating, a marvelous overview, and one which only a deeply musical neuroscientist could give. . . . An important book. -Oliver Sacks, M.D. I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else - and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on, this book doesn't 'spoil' enjoyment - it only deepens the beautiful mystery that is music. -David Byrne, founder of Talking Heads and author of How Music Works Levitin is a deft and patient explainer of the basics for the non-scientist as well as the non-musician. . . . By tracing music's deep ties to memory, Levitin helps quantify some of music's magic without breaking its spell. -Los Angeles Times Book Review

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Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, is a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco, and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the author of This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, A Field Guide to Lies, and Successful Aging. He divides his time between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.

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