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Music can be thought of as a type of perceptual illusion in which our brain imposes structure and order on a sequence of sounds. Just how this structure leads us to experience emotional reactions is part of the mystery of music.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Brain Emotional Experience How Illusion Just Leads Music Mystery Order Our Part Reactions Sequence Sounds Structure Thought Type Us Which

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The state-of-the-art techniques really allowed us to make maps of how Sting's brain organizes music. That's important because at the heart of great musicianship is the ability to manipulate in one's mind rich representation of the desired soundscape.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Ability Allowed Because Brain Desired Great Heart How Important Make Manipulate Maps Mind Music Musicianship Really Representation Rich Sting Techniques Us

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I became interested in structure when I was in graduate school. How is it that the brain perceives structure in a sometimes disorganized and chaotic world? How and why do we categorize things? Why can things be categorized in so many different ways, all of which can seem equally valid?

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Became Brain Categorize Categorized Chaotic Different Different Ways Disorganized Equally Graduate Graduate School How Interested Many School Seem So Many Different Ways Sometimes Structure Things Valid Ways Which Why World

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I'm a simple country neuroscientist, not an expert on democracy, but I do know something about how the brain works and how opinion-reinforcing bubbles can distort the picture of reality we build from the information we encounter on a daily basis.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: About Basis Brain Bubbles Build Country Daily Daily Basis Democracy Distort Encounter Expert How Information Know Picture Reality Simple Something Works

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If you're studying from a book and trying to listen in on a conversation at the same time, those are two separate projects, each started and maintained by distinct circuits in the brain. Pay more attention to one for a moment and you're automatically paying less attention to the other.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Attention Automatically Book Brain Conversation Distinct Each Less Listen Maintained Moment More Other Pay Paying Projects Same Same Time Separate Started Studying Those Time Trying Two You

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Every status update you read on Facebook, every tweet or text message you get from a friend, is competing for resources in your brain with important things like whether to put your savings in stocks or bonds, where you left your passport, or how best to reconcile with a close friend you just had an argument with.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Argument Best Bonds Brain Close Competing Every Facebook Friend Get Had How Important Important Things Just Left Like Message Passport Put Read Reconcile Resources Savings Status Stocks Text Things Tweet Update Where Whether You Your

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Singing and dancing have been shown to modulate brain chemistry, specifically levels of dopamine, the 'feel good' neurotransmitter.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Been Brain Chemistry Dancing Feel Feel Good Good Levels Shown Singing Specifically

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The early development of the human brain is extremely important for setting the table, if you will, for potential future accomplishment.

~Dannel Malloy

Topics: Accomplishment Brain Development Early Extremely Future Human Human Brain Important Potential Setting Table Will You

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Union Square Cafe is all soul, not brain.

~Danny Meyer

Topics: Brain Cafe Soul Square Union

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Conception, my boy, fundamental brain work, is what makes all the difference in art.

~Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Topics: All The Difference Art Boy Brain Conception Difference Fundamental Makes Work

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