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Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.001.0001
EISBN: 9780262365659
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. 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. 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. We don't just hear; we engage with sounds. 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. 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 both healthy and hurting brains. Kraus explores the power of music for healing as well as the destructive power of noise on the nervous system. She traces what happens in the brain when we speak another language, have a language disorder, experience rhythm, listen to birdsong, or suffer a concussion. Kraus shows how our engagement with sound leaves a fundamental imprint on who we are. The sounds of our lives shape our brains, for better and for worse, and help us build the sonic world we live in.
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0001
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0003
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0004
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0005
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0006
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0008
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0009
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0010
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0011
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0012
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0013
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0014
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0015
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0016
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0017
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0018
EISBN: 9780262365659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 28 September 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13606.003.0019
EISBN: 9780262365659