{"id":37115,"date":"2010-09-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/16\/dr-levitin-cant-get-that-song-out-of-your-head-its-evolution\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:19:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:19:52","slug":"dr-levitin-cant-get-that-song-out-of-your-head-its-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/16\/dr-levitin-cant-get-that-song-out-of-your-head-its-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Levitin: Can&#8217;t get that song out of your head? It&#8217;s evolution!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The next time you can&#8217;t get Journey&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Believing&#8221; out of your head, don&#8217;t be too hard on yourself. It&#8217;s likely part of our evolution.<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Levitin910.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:7pt; line-height:150%;\">Daniel Levitin, Ph.D., speaks at UNMC on Wednesday. The cognitive neuroscientist discussed the way music affects the brain. (Nainsi Houston, Ph.D., Kaneko-UNO Library)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>That tidbit and others came from Daniel Levitin, Ph.D., during <a href=\"http:\/\/echoess.unmc.edu:8080\/ess\/echo\/presentation\/a91dae6d-6137-4dd8-a275-bed70f4a603e\" target=\"_blanK\" rel=\"noopener\">Wednesday&#8217;s seminar<\/a> on ways music affects the human brain. <\/p>\n<p>The cognitive neuroscientist who helped musicians such as Santana, the Grateful Dead and Chris Isaak make records, showed how music stimulates the same area of the brain affected by sex, drugs and chocolate. He also discussed the thought that some are genetically predisposed to play music (an assertation that is hard to quantify, Dr. Levitin said).<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"260\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\" bgcolor=\"EAE4A9\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\n<B><br \/>\nJust a small town girl &#8230;<br \/>\n<\/B><br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\nYou&#8217;re singing Journey in your head, right now aren&#8217;t you? If so, comment on this story and let us know. <\/p>\n<p>Or, if Journey doesn&#8217;t get put on internal replay for you, tell us what song does.<br \/>\n<\/P><br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>Dr. Levitin&#8217;s presentation at UNMC coincided with his performance Wednesday with Grammy Award winner Roseanne Cash at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekaneko.org\/\" target=\"_blanK\" rel=\"noopener\">KANEKO<\/a>. The College of Medicine, as well as Dr. Jim and Karen Linder, sponsored Dr. Levitin&#8217;s visit.<\/p>\n<p>Below are paraphrased versions of some of Dr. Levitin&#8217;s responses during a <a href=\"http:\/\/echoess.unmc.edu:8080\/ess\/echo\/presentation\/fdea1796-674c-459b-b661-31ef7c02e9ed\" target=\"_blanK\" rel=\"noopener\">Q&#038;A session<\/a> where he hit on several issues including evolution&#8217;s possible role in those catchy songs, or &#8220;ear bugs.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><B>On why certain songs seem to stick in our heads<\/B> <\/p>\n<p>This phenomenon may be an evolutionary trait as humans have long known that song is a powerful tool to pass along information. Long before written word was developed, humans would create songs to transmit vital information such as how to avoid illness. Even today, most children learn the alphabet through song. Composers who create catchy songs have been successful because they made music that our brains find irresistible.<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"260\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\" bgcolor=\"EAE4A9\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\n<B><br \/>\nMore about Dr. Levitin<br \/>\n<\/B><br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\nCurrently a professor of psychology and behavior neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal, Dr. Levitin authored the bestselling books, &#8220;This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession&#8221; and &#8220;The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/P><br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><B>On whether music is best taught to people at a certain age<\/B> <\/p>\n<p>It does seem there is a sensitive period for learning music. 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