Daniel J. Levitin
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December 27, 1957 San Francisco |
| Nationality | American, Canadian |
| Fields | Music cognition, cognitive neuroscience of music, cognitive psychology |
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| Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Berklee College of Music Stanford University (B.A., 1992) University of Oregon (MSc, 1993; PhD, 1996). |
| Academic advisors | Roger Shepard, Michael Posner, Douglas Hintzman, John R. Pierce, Stephen Palmer |
| Notable students | Catherine Guastavino, Susan Rogers, Parag Chordia |
| Known for | Levitin effect, This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, A Field Guide to Lies |
| Notable awards | See "Awards" section |
| Spouse | Heather Bortfeld |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Joseph Levitin |
| Born | December 27, 1957 |
| Origin | San Francisco |
| Genres | Rock, new wave, punk, jazz, folk rock, country |
| Occupation(s) | Producer |
| Instruments | Tenor saxophone, guitar, bass, vocals |
| Years active | 1980 to present |
| Labels | 415 Records, Columbia Records, Sony Music, Warner Bros. Records, Infrasonic Records, TwinTone Records |
| Associated acts | Blue Öyster Cult, The Afflicted, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Chris Isaak, Steely Dan, Joe Satriani, The Mortals, The Alsea River Band, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers |
Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC (born December 27, 1957) is an American-Canadian cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer. He is James McGill Professor Emeritus of psychology and behavioral neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with courtesy appointments in music theory, computer science, neurology and neurosurgery, and education. He is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at The Minerva Schools at KGI, and a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley. From 2000 - 2017 he was Director of the Laboratory for Music Perception, Cognition, and Expertise at McGill. His TED talk has been viewed more than 8 million times. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC). He has appeared frequently as a guest commentator on NPR and CBC.
Levitin is the author of four consecutive best-selling books, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession (2006),The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature (2008), The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload (2014) and A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age (2016). He has published scientific articles on absolute pitch, music cognition, and neuroscience.
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