Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World Kraus Nina
Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World Kraus Nina How sound leaves a fundamental imprint on who we are.Making sense of sound is one of the hardest jobs we ask our brains to…
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Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World Kraus Nina
How sound leaves a fundamental imprint on who we are.Making sense of sound is one of the hardest jobs we ask our brains to do. Our hearing is always on--we can't close our ears the way we close our eyes--and yet we can ignore sounds that are unimportant. In Of Sound Mind, Nina Kraus examines the partnership of sound and brain, showing for the first time that the processing of sound drives many of the brain's core functions.
Kraus explores what goes on in our brains when we hear a word--or a chord, or a meow, or a screech.Our hearing brain, Kraus tells us, is vast. We don't just hear; we engage with sounds. It interacts with what we know, with our emotions, with how we think, with our movements, and with our other senses.
Auditory neurons make calculations at one-thousandth of a second; hearing is the speediest of our senses. Sound plays an unrecognized role in