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Nature 453, 456-457 (22 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/453456a; Published online 21 May 2008
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Science & Music: Lost in music
David Huron1
- David Huron is at the School of Music & Center for Cognitive Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, and author of Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation.
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Music provides unique opportunities for understanding both brain and culture. But globalization means that time is running out, warns David Huron, for the quest to encounter the range of possible musical minds.
Never has so much music been so easily available. Go online, and you can download millions of recordings, from Spanish flamenco to Inuit throat singing.
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