Transported
The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams
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2026
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
9781836431732 (ISBN)
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
9781836431732 (ISBN)
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Discover the science behind the music that makes us who we are
Music: it’s not only the soundtrack to our lives, but shapes who we are – conjuring memories, emotions, dreams, fantasies
But why is it so evocative? There’s no logical reason why a rousing, percussive tune should invoke swashbuckling pirates, or a slow melody on the flute remind you of a summer day from childhood. And yet, as research shows, it consistently does – and what’s more, if you hear pirates, others likely hear pirates as well.
For all that listening to music can feel like an intensely subjective experience, it holds objective, measurable power over the way our brains function. Exploring the strange and magical science of music perception, musician and psychologist Elizabeth Margulis examines the nature of ‘musical daydreams’. From the intense link between music and memory (music is more likely to prompt Proustian-style flashbacks than food, madeleines or otherwise) to why you keep returning to the music you loved at sixteen – and for that matter, the music your parents loved at sixteen – Transported reveals the compelling new science behind why music is so integral to who we are.
Music: it’s not only the soundtrack to our lives, but shapes who we are – conjuring memories, emotions, dreams, fantasies
But why is it so evocative? There’s no logical reason why a rousing, percussive tune should invoke swashbuckling pirates, or a slow melody on the flute remind you of a summer day from childhood. And yet, as research shows, it consistently does – and what’s more, if you hear pirates, others likely hear pirates as well.
For all that listening to music can feel like an intensely subjective experience, it holds objective, measurable power over the way our brains function. Exploring the strange and magical science of music perception, musician and psychologist Elizabeth Margulis examines the nature of ‘musical daydreams’. From the intense link between music and memory (music is more likely to prompt Proustian-style flashbacks than food, madeleines or otherwise) to why you keep returning to the music you loved at sixteen – and for that matter, the music your parents loved at sixteen – Transported reveals the compelling new science behind why music is so integral to who we are.
Elizabeth Margulis is Professor of Music, with affiliate appointments in Psychology and Neuroscience, at Princeton University. She directs Princeton’s Music Cognition Lab, and teaches the popular, perennially wait-list-only Music Cognition course. Her research has been featured in outlets ranging from Netflix’s Music: Explained and NPR’s All Things Considered to the New York Times and the BBC. She is the author of On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind and The Psychology of Music: A Very Short Introduction, which has been translated into six languages.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781836431732 / 9781836431732 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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