THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC

This fascinating book unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with music, revealing an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language. It offers nothing less than a new way to understand music, and what it can teach us about ourselves. From Mozart to the Beatles, neuroscientist, psychologist and internationally-bestselling author Daniel Levitin discusses the role of music in human evolution, showing how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explaining why music can offer such an emotional experience.