DANIEL LEVITIN

Escuches a Bach o a Bono, la música tiene un papel muy significativo en tu vida. ¿Por qué la música despierta distintos estados de ánimo? Levitin se sirve de la neurociencia más avanzada y de la más rigurosa psicologia evolutiva para ofrecernos respuestas. Recurriendo a las ultimas investigaciones y con ejemplos de piezas musicales que van desde Mozart, Duke Ellington a Van Halen, Levitin desvela multitud de misterios. ¿Tenemos un limite para adquirir nuevos gustos musicales? ¿Que revelan los escaneres sobre las respuestas del cerebro a la musica? ¿Nuestras preferencias musicales se determinan en el utero? ¿Es el placer musical diferente de otro tipo de placer? ¿Por que estamos tan emocionalmente unidos a la musica que escuchabamos cuando eramos adolescentes? La musica, como el lenguaje, forma parte de lo mas profundo de la naturaleza humana. En El cerebro y la musica, Levitin nos descubre una nueva manera de entenderla y su papel en la vida.

Daniel J. LevitinA fascinating exploration of the relationship between music and the mind-and the role of melodies in shaping our lives Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life-even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods? The answers are at last becoming clear, thanks to revolutionary neuroscience and the emerging field of evolutionary psychology. Both a cutting-edge study and a tribute to the beauty of music itself, This Is Your Brain on Music unravels a host of mysteries that affect everything from pop culture to our understanding of human nature, including: * Are our musical preferences shaped in utero? * Is there a cutoff point for acquiring new tastes in music? * What do PET scans and MRIs reveal about the brain's response to music? * Is musical pleasure different from other kinds of pleasure? This Is Your Brain on Music explores cultures in which singing is considered an essential human function, patients who have a rare disorder that prevents them from making sense of music, and scientists studying why two people may not have the same definition of pitch. At every turn, this provocative work unlocks deep secrets about how nature and nurture forge a uniquely human obsession.

¿Qué es lo que origina la música? ¿Por qué esta expresión artística aparece tan ligada a la naturaleza humana desde los orígenes de la civilización? Para Daniel Levitin, la música es un elemento fundamental que ha contribuido de manera decisiva a la evolucion del ser humano, asi como a la evolucion de su pensamiento, de su cultura y de su organizacion social. Con una capacidad unica para argumentar tesis innovadoras, Levitin logra explicar la relacion intima existente entre la antropologia, la biologia y las seis canciones, que concentran, segun el, el conocimiento de todo cuanto se ha narrado, recordado o sentido en la historia de la humanidad.

Dividing the sum total of human musical achievement from Beethoven to The Beatles Busta Rhymes to Bach into just six fundamental forms Levitin illuminates through songs of friendship joy comfort knowledge religion and love how music has been instrumental in the evolution of language thought and culture And how far from being a bit of a song and dance music is at the core of what it means to be human A one time record producer now a leading neuroscientist Levitin has composed a catchy and startlingly ambitious narrative that weaves together Darwin and Dionne Warwick memoir and biology anthropology and a jukebox of anecdote to create nothing less than the soundtrack of civilisation

From the bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind a surprising and inspiring exploration of the healing power of music As knowledgeable a guide to neuroscience as one might hope for New York Times Book Review We are only just beginning to appreciate the healing power of music In recent years a wave of scientific research has upended everything we once knew about its effects on our brains not only in reducing stress but also in enhancing cognitive function slowing the spread of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson s and Alzheimer s even strengthening our immune systems Here a neuroscientist and celebrated musician introduces a bold new paradigm for medical treatment rooted in the unexpected influence of music on our minds and bodies From explaining how rhythmic auditory stimulation can fight multiple sclerosis to examining why Tracy Chapman s songs might just help cure PTSD Professor Daniel Levitin offers surprising insights into the new science of music as medicine Along the way he explores how each of us can use music to calm our thoughts repair our memories and heal our deepest psychological wounds The result is both a surprising tour through the science of music and a joyful celebration of humanity s oldes

THE NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ORGANIZED MIND Everyone we know needs this remarkable book Essential for the rest of your life Daniel H Pink author of When and Drive The secrets of ageing well a serious evidence based guide to what really works and why Sunday Times We have long been encouraged to think of old age as synonymous with a decline in skills Yet recent studies show that our decision making improves as we age and our happiness levels peak in our eighties What really happens to our brains as we get older In The Changing Mind published in America as Successful Aging neuroscientist and internationally bestselling author Daniel Levitin invites us to dramatically shift our understanding of aging demonstrating the many benefits of growing older He draws on cutting edge research to offer realistic guidelines and practical tips for readers to follow during every decade of life showing us we all can learn from those who age joyously Find out Why the story that older people don t need as many hours of sleep is a myth What part environment behaviour and luck play in how our brains age How to increase the proportion of your life span spent in good healt

RESUMEN COMPLETO: LA MENTE ORGANIZADA (THE ORGANIZED MIND) - BASADO EN EL LIBRO DE DANIEL LEVITIN-¿Quieres saber las respuestas a estas preguntas basadas en el libro?Comprenda Cómo Funciona Su Cerebro Y Aprenda A Tener Una Mente Organizada¿Puede El Cerebro Concentrarse En Un Numero Ilimitado De Estimulos A La Vez?¿Hay Diferentes Maneras De Prestar Atencion?¿Al Estar Rodeados De Mas Informacion, Nos Vemos Obligados A Tomar Mas Decisiones?¿Se Puede Encontrar Un Lugar Designado Para Cada Objeto?¿Podemos Organizar Nuestras Ideas Fuera De La Cabeza?¿Como Se Pueden Clasificar Los Articulos Diversos? ¿Hay Algo Que Sea Util Para Ellos?¿Se Debe Conservar Tiempo Para Descansar Y Asi Aumentar Su Productividad?Entonces adquiere este resumen y ¡descubrelo!-ACERCA DEL LIBRO ORIGINALLa mente organizada proporciona una explicacion detallada de la forma en que nuestro cerebro maneja los datos entrantes, un proceso particularmente relevante en esta era de sobrecarga de informacion. Tambien es una guia practica para hacer frente a la multitud de decisiones que debemos tomar en la vida cotidiana. Si aprende estrategias bien pensadas que le ayudaran a organizar su vida, se convertira en un trabajador mas productivo y eficaz en cualquier tarea.Daniel J. Levitin es un neurocientifico, escritor, musico y productor musical. Ha sido profesor visitante en la Universidad de California, Berkeley, la Universidad de Stanford, el Dartmouth College y la Oregon Health Sciences University.-ACERCA DE LIBROS MAESTROSLOS LIBROS SON MAESTROS. Pueden guiar lo que hacemos en nuestras vidas y como lo hacemos. Muchos de nosotros amamos los libros mientras los leemos y hasta resuenan con nosotros algunas semanas despues, pero luego de 2 años no podemos recordar si lo hemos leido o no. Y eso no esta bien. Recordamos que, en el momento, aquel libro significo mucho para nosotros.¿Por que es que tiempo despues nos hemos olvidado de todo?Este resumen toma las ideas mas importantes del libro original.