This is your brain on music the science of a human obsession is a popular science book written by the mcgill university neuroscientist daniel j levitin and first published by dutton penguin in the us and canada in 2006 and updated and released in paperback by plume penguin in 2007 it has been translated into 18 languages and spent more than a year on the new york times the globe and mail and other bestseller lists and sold more than one million copies. Your brain on music is all about as francis crick repeated as we left the lunchroom connections i totally enjoyed this is your brain on music the science of a human obsession written by daniel j levitin a musician and producer turned psychologist and neuroscientist. This item this is your brain on music the science of a human obsession by danielj levitin paperback 2994 ships from and sold by buyglobal the organized mind thinking straight in the age of information overload by daniel levitin paperback 1899. Two current best sellers musicophilia tales of music and the brain by oliver sacks and this is your brain on music the science of a human obsession by daniel levitin both written for lay readers by authors familiar in the world of music and brain research address pinkers contention one implicitly and one explicitly and both with a semi autobiographical format. This is your brain on music the science of a human obsession by levitin daniel j jenefer robinson department of philosophy university of cincinnati search for more papers by this author jenefer robinson department of philosophy university of cincinnati