Daniel J. Levitin, 2008, 354 pages

Could 音楽 unlock the mystery of who we are and how we think?

An unprecedented blend of science and art, Daniel Levitin’s bestselling debut, This Is Your Brain on Music, changed the way we understand how 音楽 gets in our heads. Now, in what is being called a tour de force によって leading scientists, he presents his audacious theory of ‘six songs,’ the key to how 音楽 shaped humanity across cultures and throughout history.

Preserving the emotional heritage of our lives and of our species, 音楽 from its very beginning, was allied to dance, as the structure...