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Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC (born December 27, 1957) is an American-Canadian cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer. He is the author of four New York Times best-selling books. Levitin is James McGill Professor Emeritus of psychology and behavioral neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at The Minerva Schools at KGI; and a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley. From 2000 to 2017, he was Director of the Laboratory for Music Perception, Cognition, and Expertise at McGill. He is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Grammys, a consultant to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, a fellow of the Psychonomic Society, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC). He has appeared frequently as a guest commentator on NPR and CBC. He has published scientific articles on absolute pitch, music cognition, neuroanatomy and directional statistics.His five books have all been international bestsellers: This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession (2006), The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature (2008), The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload (2014), A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age (2016) and Successful Aging (2020). Levitin also worked as a music consultant, producer and sound designer on albums by Blue Öyster Cult, Chris Isaak, and Joe Satriani among others; produced punk bands including MDC and The Afflicted; and served as a consultant on albums by artists including Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Brook; and as a recording engineer for Santana, Jonathan Richman, O.J. Ekemode and the Nigerian Allstars, and The Grateful Dead. Records and CDs to which he has contributed have sold in excess of 30 million copies.
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Song | Duration |
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'Til You Come Back | 3:34 |
Take Those Lips | 3:10 |
Take It Away | 3:14 |
There is Delight | 3:58 |
Ocean Girl | 3:45 |
Looking for Another | 3:40 |
Darwin Song #1 | 3:30 |
What Took You So Long? | 4:18 |
Now That You Are Gone | 3:32 |
Darwin Song #2 | 3:18 |
Too Many People | 2:30 |
Johnny and Linda | 3:20 |
The Heather Song | 3:34 |
Headed for the Fall | 3:49 |
Turnaround | 2:53 |
This is My Refrain | 6:17 |
Jenkins Takes a Walk | 1:35 |
Just a Memory | 3:35 |
Answers | 3:31 |
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