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163 - Daniel Levitin: Songwriting and the Neuroscience of Music

163 - Daniel Levitin: Songwriting and the Neuroscience of Music

Robinson's Podcast vor 2 Jahren

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Daniel Levitin is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and
Neuroscience at McGill University and Founding Dean of Arts &
Humanities at Minerva University. He is also a record producer,
musician, and writer. In this episode, Robinson and Daniel
discuss one of his best-selling books, This Is Your Brain on
Music: The Science of a Human Obsession (Penguin, 2006), as well
as some of the songs on his two albums, Turnaround (2020) and Sex
& Math (2021). More particularly, they talk about whether a
neurological understanding of the mind and music reduces or
increases one’s appreciation for music, how the brain processes
complex music, whether music is evolved, why we get songs stuck
in our head, and why some sounds are more pleasing than others.

Daniel’s Website: https://www.daniellevitin.com

This Is Your Brain On Music: https://a.co/d/fDxIvxd

Sex & Math:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/daniellevitin/sex--math

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:56 Introduction

03:05 Music, Awe, and Neuroscience

11:12 Neuroscience and Songwriting

17:10 Why Can the Brain Easily Process Complex Music?

34:59 Why Do We Get Songs Stuck in Our Heads?

41:12 Why Do We Prefer Some Musical Time Signatures and Sounds to
Others?

58:02 What Gives Some Musicians the IT Factor?

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations
with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and
everyone in-between.