How Music Shapes Memory, Emotion, and Imagination

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Music can transport us to a different time and place — but how does that happen? We explore how music affects our brains — from its ability to tap into our memories and imaginations, to “musical daydreaming” and how it helps us understand both the world and ourselves. We also discuss the therapeutic power of music. We talk with Elizabeth Margulis, director of the Music Cognition Lab at Princeton University, about how music affects our brains, and how it helps us make meaning and sense — both of ourselves, and of the world. Her new book is “ Transported: The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams .” We listen back to an interview with musician and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin about music's…