This Is Your Brain on Music：The Science of a Human Obsession

Inthisgroundbreakingunionofartandscience,rocker-turned-neuroscientistDanielJ.Levitinexplorestheconnectionbetweenmusic—itsperformance,itscomposition,howwelistentoit,whyweenjoyit—andthehumanbrain.DrawingonthelatestresearchandonmusicalexamplesrangingfromMozarttoDukeEllingtontoVanHalen,Levitinreveals:HowcomposersproducesomeofthemostpleasurableeffectsoflisteningtomusicbyexploitingthewayourbrainsmakesenseoftheworldWhywearesoemotionallyattachedtothemusicwelistenedtoasteenagers,whetheritwasFleetwoodMac,U2,orDr.DreThatpractice,ratherthantalent,isthedrivingforcebehindmusicalexpertiseHowthoseinsidiouslittlejingles(calledearworms)getstuckinourheadsAnd,takingonprominentthinkerswhoarguethatmusicisnothingmorethananevolutionaryaccident,Levitinarguesthatmusicisfundamentaltoourspecies,perhapsevenmoresothanlanguage.ThisIsYourBrainonMusicisanunprecedented,eye-openinginvestigationintoanobsessionattheheartofhumannature.书里解释了我们的思维是如何处理音乐这种信息，而我们的大脑又是如何参与这个信息处理过程的（请注意思维和大脑是完全不一样的概念）。又从音乐的pitch,rhythm,timbre,melody,groove等方面分别阐述了个中变化会给我们带来怎样的感受，或者比较情况下的感受差异。