4. Born in 1957.
An American cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist,
author, musician and record producer.
Education: University of Oregon
Parents: Sonia Levitin, Lloyd Levitin
Siblings: Shari Levitin
TV shows: Daily Planet, Chronicle
Books: The World in Six Songs, This is Your Brain on
Music, The Organized Mind etc.
5. Central Idea of the Text
Music and Science are similar in many
respects. They are unusual among all human
activities on basis of their ubiquity and
antiquity. Music teaches us about the brain
and brain teaches about the music, and both
teach us about ourselves.
6. Major Points of the Text
Writer’s autobiographical experiences about music and
science.
He was interested in music from the early age.
He bought stereo player at the age of 11.
His mother was novelist and piano player.
His father was busy in his business.
Headphones made music more personal which drives him
to be a recording engineer and producer.
Thus, he dropped out from the college and joined the rock
band.(Mark Needham, Leslie Ann Jones, Paul Simon, Chris
Issak etc.)
7. Major Points of the Text
He learned many things like socialization, technical terms
of music, systems and rules during that phase of life.
He got better chance to promote in the field of music with
the company of many musicians and their roles and works
in the music.
He rejoined the college to carry out research on the
relationship between brain and music.
Talks about Darwinian Theory that living things are
changing in response to the world and the world is also
changing in response to them.
According to evolutionary psychology, all our thoughts and
mental activities are the product of evolution.
8. Major Points of the Text
The main focus of evolutionary psychology is to extend the
physical to mental world in which our minds get changed
along with the changing of the physical world.
Music and brain are interrelated in which music is
everywhere in our brain.
The power of music to evoke emotion is also exploited by
advertising, filmmakers ,mothers etc.
The study of music is also difficult because many people
love music without knowing about it.
Music is related to Mathematics because there are certain
rules and terms in music like Mathematics to be learned.
Chance, opportunity and good relationship are essential for
learning music.
9. Similarity Between Artists and Scientists
Describe their works as experiments.
Stages of development: creative and exploratory
The ability to live in open-ended interpretation.
Focus on truth as contextual and changeable.
Essential parts of culture and life.
Natural activity like breathing and walking.
10. Conclusion
By better understanding what music is and where it
comes from, we may be able to better understand our
motives, fears, desires, and even communication in the
broadest sense.
This is the story of how brains and music coevolved-
what music can teach us about the brain, what the
brain can teach us about music, and what both can
teach us about ourselves.
