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Your Brain on Music

Author Daniel Levitin wrote about how the brain responds to sound in This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. He spoke with Farai Chideya about his fascination with the effect music has on the mind.

Enjoy this nice interview with the author on NPR Radio

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9348246

“Mr. LEVITIN: Well, listening to music has been shown now – we did some experiments in my laboratory that show that listening to music changes your brain chemistry. And we know that people use music the way they use drugs. They – a lot of people have a certain kind of music they use to get out of bed in the morning to help get them going, to get them started, to help them finish an exercise workout.”