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DUTTONPublished by Penguin Group (USA) Inc.375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A.Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3,Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.); Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, LondonWC2R 0RL, England; Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a divisionof Penguin Books Ltd); Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell,Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd); Penguin BooksIndia Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India; PenguinGroup (NZ), cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany, Auckland 1310, New Zealand(a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd); Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd,24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South AfricaPenguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, EnglandPublished by Dutton, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.First electronic edition, August 200610 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Copyright © 2006 by Daniel J. LevitinAll rights reservedREGISTERED TRADEMARK—MARCA REGISTRADALIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATALevitin, Daniel J.This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession / Daniel J. Levitin.p. cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.MSR ISBN 0-7865-8404-1AEB ISBN 0-7865-8405-XSet in ITC Century BookWithout limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication maybe reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form,or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), withoutthe prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of thisbook.The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any othermeans without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchaseonly authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronicpiracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.While the author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internetaddresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibilityfor errors, or for changes that occur after publication. Further, the publisherdoes not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or thirdpartyWeb sites or their content.Making or distributing electronic copies of this book constitutes copyright infringement and could subjectthe infringer to criminal and civil liability.www.us.penguingroup.com
CONTENTSIntroductionI Love Music and I Love Science—Why Would I Wantto Mix the Two? 11. What Is Music?From Pitch to Timbre 132. Foot TappingDiscerning Rhythm, Loudness, and Harmony 553. Behind the CurtainMusic and the Mind Machine 814. AnticipationWhat We Expect From Liszt (and Ludacris) 1095. You Know My Name, Look Up the NumberHow We Categorize Music 1296. After Dessert, Crick Was Still Four Seats Away from MeMusic, Emotion, and the Reptilian Brain 165
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What Is Music? 47Many of these synt
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7. What Makes a Musician?Expertise
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8. My Favorite ThingsWhy Do We Like
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My Favorite Things 233When I play j
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9. The Music InstinctEvolution’s
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264 Appendix A
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APPENDIX BChords and HarmonyWithin
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTESThe following ar
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Bibliographic Notes 273Tooby, J., a
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Bibliographic Notes 275McAdams, S.,
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSI would like to than
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INDEXNote: Page numbers in italics
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Index 305and listening to music, 84
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Index 307of light waves, 21low freq
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Index 309neural basis, 69and overto
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Index 311and emotion, 25-26and expe
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Index 313Sloboda, John, 190-91, 192
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