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24 alternatives to This Is Your Brain on Music

Exploring the connection between music and the human brain

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This Is Your Brain on Music launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Musicophilia▲8

   How music can affect the brain

   2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

2. 2
   How Music Works by David Byrne▲61

   The joy, physics and business of making music

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Brain.fm▲957

   Music for the brain to improve focus, meditation & sleep

   2015 · brain.fm · its alternatives →

4. 4
   This Is Your Brain On Music▲1

   Daniel Levitin explains how we perceive music

   2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Living Brain▲63

   The deep mysteries of the human brain

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Brain: The Story of You ▲81

   What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions?

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   How We Listen Now▲63

   Essays and conversations about music and technology

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Branded Mind▲57

   What neuroscience really tells us about the brain

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Connectome▲60

   How the brain's wiring makes us who we are

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Ableton: Making Music▲124

    A book of creative strategies for electronic music producers

    2015 · makingmusic.ableton.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Activate Your Brain▲66

    How understanding your brain can improve your work, and you

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Science of Practice▲119

    How to rewire your brain for performance, from Hardbound

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Brain▲12

    The story of you

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long▲63

    What neuroscience knows about your productive life.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot▲62

    How to go about improving our mental apparatus

    2017 · fs.blog · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Wandering Mind▲71

    What the brain does when you're not looking

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Why You Love Music▲63

    From Mozart to Metallica. The power of beautiful sounds

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole▲67

    Extraordinary journeys into the human brain

    2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Maps of the Mind▲62

    Charts and concepts of the mind and its labyrinths

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Eye and Brain▲61

    The psychology of perception

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    #MusicTech▲69

    Data science, music discovery, and lots of fun use-cases!

    2015 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Distracted Mind▲72

    Ancient brains in a high-tech world

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hidden Layer▲119

    Interviews with musicians about their creative processes

    2017 · hiddenlayer.co · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain ▲65

    The science behind creative insights.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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