{"product_id":"9780241987353-this-is-your-brain-on-music","title":"This is Your Brain on Music","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnderstanding a Human Obsession\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Changing Mind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Organized Mind\u003c\/i\u003e comes The\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller which unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with music\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*****\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'What do the music of Bach, Depeche Mode and John Cage fundamentally have in common?' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusic is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Mozart to the Beatles, neuroscientist, psychologist and internationally-bestselling author Daniel Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain On Music \u003c\/i\u003eLevitin offers nothing less than a new way to understand music, and what it can teach us about ourselves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*****\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Music seems to have an almost wilful, evasive quality, defying simple explanation, so that the more we find out, the more there is to know . Daniel Levitin's book is an eloquent and poetic exploration of this paradox' Sting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You'll never hear music in the same way again' \u003ci\u003eClassic FM magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Music, Levitin argues, is not a decadent modern diversion but something of fundamental importance to the history of human development' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32313700188257,"sku":"9780241987353","price":9.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32374424.jpg?v=1741191984","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241987353-this-is-your-brain-on-music","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}