{"id":21,"date":"2007-05-15T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/?p=21"},"modified":"2016-06-10T01:48:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T01:48:24","slug":"born-with-a-music-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/","title":{"rendered":"Born with a ‘music module’?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n

This is an excerpt from a fascinating interview:<\/p>\n

JEFFREY BROWN: Music, of course, comes in many forms and appears to have been part of every age and every known culture. There’s a continuing debate among scientists as to music’s exact role in human evolution.
\nBut Levitin believes that the brain itself has evolved to make sense of music and that we’re each born wired for music, just as we are for language.
\nDANIEL LEVITIN: If you’re born listening to Chinese opera, your brain is going to become wired to the rules of that musical form. If you’re born listening to Pakistani music, Indian music, Indian ragas, your brain will become wired to those. Our brain is plastic, and malleable, and able to wire itself up to whatever language we hear, to learn those rules.
\nSimilarly, I would argue that we all are born with a music module. We’re born with the wiring to accommodate any music that we hear, and we learn those rules effortlessly just by listening.
\nJEFFREY BROWN: Levitin says there’s an area of the brain, in the prefrontal cortex, specifically dedicated to comparing what we hear with our expectations of learned patterns of music. That’s the reason we can be surprised, pained or delighted when those expectations are tampered with, something great musicians know to exploit.
\nDANIEL LEVITIN: When you listen to Stevie Wonder drumming on “Superstition,” for example, he’s playing in time, and you’re forming predictions about what’s going to happen next. The additional nuance that he brings to it is that he changes the beats ever so slightly, throughout the whole song, “Superstition,” never the same.
\nSo he’s going a little bit different. He varies the pressure on the high-hat cymbal, so it’s a little bit louder, a little bit softer. The beauty of it is that the cerebellum is trying to figure out, “OK, where is the next beat going to come? What’s it going to be?” And he’s surprising the cerebellum at every turn, so that your brain…
\nJEFFREY BROWN: We don’t talk to too many scientists who are doing Stevie Wonder drum solos for us, I’ve got to tell you that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tweet This is an excerpt from a fascinating interview: JEFFREY BROWN: Music, of course, comes in many forms and appears to have been part of every age and every known culture. There’s a continuing debate among scientists as to music’s exact role in human evolution. But Levitin believes that the brain itself has evolved to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[59,55],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nBorn with a 'music module'? - The Brain and Music<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Born with a 'music module'? - The Brain and Music\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tweet This is an excerpt from a fascinating interview: JEFFREY BROWN: Music, of course, comes in many forms and appears to have been part of every age and every known culture. There’s a continuing debate among scientists as to music’s exact role in human evolution. But Levitin believes that the brain itself has evolved to […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Brain and Music\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/surgicalserenitysolutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-05-15T05:10:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-10T01:48:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chantdoc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@music4surgery\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@music4surgery\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chantdoc\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/\",\"name\":\"Born with a 'music module'? - The Brain and Music\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-05-15T05:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-10T01:48:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/39c19ed9bbb890bf0154802b430dd045\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Born with a ‘music module’?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/\",\"name\":\"The Brain and Music\",\"description\":\"latest research and information\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/39c19ed9bbb890bf0154802b430dd045\",\"name\":\"Chantdoc\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c48e278e381ff7b0d400254a41bd0b30?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c48e278e381ff7b0d400254a41bd0b30?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chantdoc\"},\"description\":\"Clinical musicologist, concert pianist, psychotherapist\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.HealingMusicEnterprises.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/author\/chantdoc\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Born with a 'music module'? - The Brain and Music","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Born with a 'music module'? - The Brain and Music","og_description":"Tweet This is an excerpt from a fascinating interview: JEFFREY BROWN: Music, of course, comes in many forms and appears to have been part of every age and every known culture. There’s a continuing debate among scientists as to music’s exact role in human evolution. But Levitin believes that the brain itself has evolved to […]","og_url":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/","og_site_name":"The Brain and Music","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/surgicalserenitysolutions","article_published_time":"2007-05-15T05:10:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-06-10T01:48:24+00:00","author":"Chantdoc","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@music4surgery","twitter_site":"@music4surgery","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chantdoc","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/","url":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/","name":"Born with a 'music module'? - The Brain and Music","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-05-15T05:10:00+00:00","dateModified":"2016-06-10T01:48:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/39c19ed9bbb890bf0154802b430dd045"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2007\/05\/born-with-a-music-module\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Born with a ‘music module’?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/","name":"The Brain and Music","description":"latest research and information","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/39c19ed9bbb890bf0154802b430dd045","name":"Chantdoc","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c48e278e381ff7b0d400254a41bd0b30?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c48e278e381ff7b0d400254a41bd0b30?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chantdoc"},"description":"Clinical musicologist, concert pianist, psychotherapist","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.HealingMusicEnterprises.com"],"url":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/author\/chantdoc\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358,"href":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}