Levitin of McGill University Studies the Neuroscience of Music

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Essay

Levitin of McGill University studies the neuroscience of music. How has his research demonstrated that, when listening to music, not only the parts of the brain that we would expect to be involved in listening to sound, but also areas that suggest movement are activated, even for non-musicians?

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