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Neuroscientist

Daniel J. Levitin is a neuroscientist born on December 27, 1957. He is known for his research in music psychology and cognitive neuroscience, contributing significantly to our understanding of how music affects the brain and how the brain processes musical information.

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“Those dabs of paint and lines become art when form and flow are created out of lower-level perceptual elements. When they combine harmoniously they give rise to perspective, foreground and background, and ultimately to emotion and other aesthetic attributes.”

Giving Art Form Lines Levels Emotion Perspective Elements Flow Paint Backgrounds Attributes Aesthetic Foreground Dabs

Book:This Is Your Brain On Music: Understanding a Human Obsession

Source: This Is Your Brain On Music: Understanding a Human Obsession

“What makes a set of lines and colors into art is the relationship between this line and that one; the way one color or form echoes another in a different part of the canvas.”

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Book:This Is Your Brain On Music: Understanding a Human Obsession

Source: This Is Your Brain On Music: Understanding a Human Obsession

“The first forms of writing emerged not for art, literature, or love, not for spiritual or liturgical purposes, but for business--all literature could be said to originate from sales receipts (sorry).”

Writing Firsts Art Said Spiritual Form Purpose Literature Sorry Receipts

Book:The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

Source: The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

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Born: December 27, 1957
Known for: Neuroscientist
Quotes: 49

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