Hearing: ‘The Universal Sense’

November 8, 2012

We are inundated with sound — millions of sounds — and yet are brains tune in to only a few of them. Why? And how do these sounds affect our brains, our minds and our moods?

Those are some of the deep questions explored by Seth Horowitz in his new book, “The Universal Sense — How Hearing Shapes The Mind.”

Guest:

Seth Horowitz, neuroscientist in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at Brown University

Other stories from this show:

jtalley

can you list the music played during this segment?
- Amorywbur
  
  Hi there, JTalley! Are you referring to the piano piece? That was Erik Satie’s Gymnopedie No.1. Just gorgeous, isn’t it?

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