SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Music can uplift and heal. But music is also very subjective. What you like is not necessarily what others like. Why is this? Dr. Daniel Levitin, a renowned cognitive ...

Daniel Levitin was in his 30s when he went back to college and got a degree in cognitive psychology, launching the career that has made him a best-selling author. His first book, This Is Your Brain on ...

What's going on in our brains and bodies when we experience waves of nostalgia in the holiday season? We talk to musician and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin about the medicine of music. JOSE FELICIANO: ...

In March 2015, the singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, then in her early 70s, was rendered speechless—and songless—when an aneurysm burst in her brain. After months in the hospital followed by a stay in ...

In ‘I Heard There Was a Secret Chord,’ (Norton, Aug.), neuroscientist Daniel Levitin investigates the healing power of music. How is music ingrained in memory, and why is that important? A song has ...

After smashing his basement window to retrieve his misplaced keys, Daniel Levitin wondered, did stress prevent him from making a better choice?... Daniel Levitin: Would Stress Be Less Stressful If We ...

Music is one of humanity's oldest medicines. Daniel Levitin, neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music, joins Forum's Alexis Madrigal to discuss how the deep ...

JOSE FELICIANO: (Singing in Spanish). MARTÍNEZ: Maybe it's on your radio or at the grocery store. It can take you back in time. And that is nostalgia. Daniel Levitin is a musician and professor ...

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