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Daniel J. Levitin

Nascido: December 27, 1957 – San Francisco, California, United States

Daniel J. Levitin is a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and writer whose work explores music cognition, aging, critical thinking, and the brain. He is best known for This Is Your Brain on Music, The Organized Mind, and Successful Aging. His books have been international bestsellers translated into more than 20 languages.

Biografia e Jornada do Autor

Daniel J. Levitin came to authorship through two careers that eventually fused into one. As a young Californian, he left high school early for MIT, spent time at Stanford, Fresno State, and Berklee, and built a first life in music as a performer, producer, and A&R figure in the Bay Area. At 415 Records he helped develop artists and sharpened the habits of close listening that later became central to his scientific work. The decisive turn came when classes in neuropsychology at Stanford began to pull harder than the commercial record business. He returned to formal study, completed his A.B. at Stanford in 1992, earned an M.Sc. in 1993 and Ph.D. in 1996 at the University of Oregon, and followed with postdoctoral research at Stanford Medicine and UC Berkeley. ((https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-today/fall-2015/daniel-levitin))

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We all are going to fail now and then
-TED Talk: How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed
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Music sticks in the head
-Daniel Levitin on Music and the Brain
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Without memory, there can be no flow
-Music is Memory
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There is an emerging body of evidence that music is medicine, an effective treatment with few or no side effects
-This Speaker Company Says Music Makes You Happier
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It’s never too late to start playing an instrument
-Q&A: Daniel Levitin Says Music Is Medicine
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There just wasn't any solid research
-I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
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There’s no one music that will do it for everyone
-Ethics Talk: Therapeutic Music and Peace in Health Care

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"Daniel Levitin is a triple threat—a visionary neuroscientist, an extraordinary musician, a brilliant writer"

Daniel Gilbert

"With a scientist’s rigor and a storyteller’s flair, Daniel Levitin offers a fresh approach to growing older"

Daniel H. Pink

"Daniel Levitin’s field guide is a critical thinking primer for our shrill, data-drenched age"

Charles Duhigg

"Music as Medicine showcases Daniel J. Levitin’s expertise in all genres of music as well as experimental neuroscience"

Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Daniel Levitin’s refreshing perspective on ageing will change your opinion on this unique phase of life and challenge the 'slowing down' stereotype"

Telegraph

"Daniel Levitin's book is an eloquent and poetic exploration of this paradox"

Sting

"Daniel Levitin is now providing rigorous evidence that it can help treat many conditions, including depression, speech loss and Alzheimer's"

New Scientist

"Daniel Levitin will enthrall you with this fascinating story of how the human brain ages"

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