The Musical Brain Quotes

“Across cultures, musical scales typically have five to seven pitches per octave, remaining within the range of the capacity of working memory.[37]   These limitations are probably not isolated to music, but could rather be indications of general features of auditory perception and analysis or working memory.”
― Abel James, The Musical Brain: The Evolution of Music, Language, and the Brain

“If I didn’t have music, I’d be certifiably insane.” And I stand by it.”
― Abel James, The Musical Brain: The Evolution of Music, Language, and the Brain

“Music is everywhere; it pumps through earbuds, elevators, commercials, arenas, and it’s even beamed out to space.  But – despite its rampant abundance in human experience, history, and culture – music has no clear adaptive function.”
― Abel James, The Musical Brain: The Evolution of Music, Language, and the Brain