Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

What makes a distant oboes wail beautiful? Why do some kinds of music lift us to ecstasy, but not others? How can music make sense to an ear and brain evolved for detecting the approaching lion or tracking the unsuspecting gazelle? Lyrically interweaving discoveries from science, psychology, music theory, paleontology, and philosophy, Robert Jourdian brilliantly examines why music speaks to us in ...

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

What makes a distant oboes wail beautiful? Why do some kinds of music lift us to ecstasy, but not others? How can music make sense to an ear and brain evolved for detecting the approaching lion or tracking the unsuspecting gazelle? Lyrically interweaving discoveries from science, psychology, music theory, paleontology, and philosophy, Robert Jourdian brilliantly examines why music speaks to us in ...

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy