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London Free Press, Washington Post - Music helps define the tone

Published: 12 February 2011

Missing elements within many of the spirituality essays carried by newspapers are made evident in a little book by Daniel Levitin, a professor of psychology and neuro-science at McGill University.

In his World in Six Songs, he explains how the musical brain created human nature. He cites many examples of the effects music -- and poetry -- have had in the stimulation of the brains and emotions of their creators and recipients.

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