Your Brain on Music: A Story of Song Meets Science Daniel Levitin, Author, This Is Your Brain on Music In musical conversation with Alex de Grassi, Grammy Award-nominated Fingerstyle Guitarist Ever wonder what’s going on in your brain when you tune in to your favorite radio station or hum that song stuck in your head? … Read more
The music industry is nothing like what is imagined (and pretended to) by the public. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1BxV-lxUo Alan Watt and Thomas Sheridan are both authors and speakers known for their perspectives on topics related to culture, media, and psychology. While they have addressed the music industry and the concept of “culture creation” in their … Read more
The mention of one-hundred sixty thousand watts, holy cow, that’s huge! actually breaks down this way: Every doubling of power is represented as 3 dB, but it takes 10 dB difference to make something sound (to most humans) “twice as loud” or “twice as quiet”. So 160,000 watts sounds only about twice as loud as … Read more
Do conscious experiences happen both within and outside the brain, and can science solve the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness? At this year’s Holberg Debate, Tanya Luhrmann, Anil Seth and Rupert Sheldrake will take on the deep scientific and philosophical mystery of consciousness. The debate will be chaired by David Malone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofSUaZOW9h8 Callees who predict who … Read more