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Daniel Levitin explores new thinking about the relationship between music and our brains.

Unlocking the Mysteries of Music in Your Brain. Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin explores the new thinking about the relationship between music and our brains in the Proms Lecture.

Before becoming a leading neuroscientist, Daniel Levitin worked as a musician and record producer. In "Unlocking the Mysteries of Music in Your Brain", the Proms Lecture given in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, he explores the new thinking about the crucial relationship between music and our neural responses.

(From BBC Proms 2015, 18 July)

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