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Daniel Levitin: Works, Culture, Technology & Career

Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC (born December 27, 1957) is an American-Canadian polymath, cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer. He is the author of four New York Times best-selling books, including This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, (Dutton/Penguin 2006; Plume/Penguin 2007) which has sold…

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Daniel Levitin topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Culture, Technology and Career as prominent areas in the source structure around Daniel Levitin. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
205
Source areas
9
Connected nodes
215
Extracted relationships
175
Concept neighborhoods
51
Bridge connections
215

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 45 topics
Biography and education · 40 topics
Music producing and engineering · 33 topics
Awards · 25 topics
Music · 22 topics
Media appearances · 13 topics
Writing career · 13 topics
Selected publications · 10 topics
In popular culture · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Known for
Levitin effect, This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, A Field Guide to Lies, Successful Aging (published as The Changing Mind in the U.K.), I…
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
Born
(1957-12-27) December 27, 1957 (age 68) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Fields
Music cognition, cognitive neuroscience of music, cognitive psychology
Notable students
Regina Nuzzo, Susan Rogers

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Biography and education

Music

Music producing and engineering

Writing career

In popular culture

Media appearances

Awards

Selected publications

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Daniel Levitin connects Entity context

The extracted context around Daniel Levitin shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Daniel Levitin → Absolute Memory, Acta Acustica United With, Acustica, AjaSteely Dan, Angels, Architects, Arts, Award, Awarded, Axiom Business Book Awards, Banff World Television Festival, Barburners, Best Blues Album, Best Book, Best Debut Author, Best Film Soundtrack, Best Sound, Can't Buy, Chicago International Film Festival, Cine Special Jury Prize Another extracted example is Daniel Levitin → As, BA, Berkeley, Berklee College, California, Daly City, Dartmouth College, Douglas Hintzman, He, His, Interval Research, John, Karl, Levitin Effect, Lloyd Levitin, Massachusetts Institute, Merrill Garrett, Michael Posner, Molly Potter, Moraga. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Daniel Levitin

Top relations

related to Awards · 98
Daniel Levitin → Absolute Memory, Acta Acustica United With, Acustica, AjaSteely Dan, Angels, Architects, Arts, Award, Awarded, Axiom Business Book Awards, Banff World Television Festival, Barburners, Best Blues Album, Best Book, Best Debut Author, Best Film Soundtrack, Best Sound, Can't Buy, Chicago International Film Festival, Cine Special Jury Prize
related to Biography and education · 40
Daniel Levitin → As, BA, Berkeley, Berklee College, California, Daly City, Dartmouth College, Douglas Hintzman, He, His, Interval Research, John, Karl, Levitin Effect, Lloyd Levitin, Massachusetts Institute, Merrill Garrett, Michael Posner, Molly Potter, Moraga
related to External links · 16
Daniel Levitin → Avenue Project, Cognition, Contemporary Authors, Daniel, Expertise, IMDb, Interview, Laboratory, Levitin, Music, Music Perception, Official, The Sound, This, Young America, Your Brain
related to In popular culture · 7
Daniel Levitin → Colm Feore, In The Listener TV, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Levitin, Ray, Stairway To Heaven
Workplaces · 6
Daniel Levitin → Dartmouth College, Interval Research Corporation, McGill University, Minerva University, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley
Academic advisors · 1
Daniel Levitin → Roger Shepard, Michael Posner, Douglas Hintzman, John R. Pierce, Stephen Palmer
Alma mater · 1
Daniel Levitin → Massachusetts Institute of Technology Berklee College of Music Stanford University (B.A., 1992) University of Oregon (MSc, 1993; PhD, 1996).
Born · 1
Daniel Levitin → (1957-12-27) December 27, 1957 (age 68) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Fields · 1
Daniel Levitin → Music cognition, cognitive neuroscience of music, cognitive psychology
Known for · 1
Daniel Levitin → Levitin effect, This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, A Field Guide to Lies, Successful Aging (published as The Changing Mind in the U.K.), I…

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

music levitin consultant brain new 2006 science york times scientific penguin records producer daniel dutton books california cognitive world guide

Daniel Levitin relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 175 structured relationships around Daniel Levitin. Examples in this analysis include Daniel Levitin → Academic advisors → Roger Shepard, Michael Posner, Douglas Hintzman, John R. Pierce, Stephen Palmer and Daniel Levitin → Alma mater → Massachusetts Institute of Technology Berklee College of Music Stanford University (B.A., 1992) University of Oregon (MSc, 1993; PhD, 1996).. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Daniel LevitinAcademic advisorsRoger Shepard, Michael Posner, Douglas Hintzman, John R. Pierce, Stephen Palmer1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinAlma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology Berklee College of Music Stanford University (B.A., 1992) University of Oregon (MSc, 1993; PhD, 1996).1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinBorn(1957-12-27) December 27, 1957 (age 68) San Francisco, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinFieldsMusic cognition, cognitive neuroscience of music, cognitive psychology1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinKnown forLevitin effect, This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, A Field Guide to Lies, Successful Aging (published as The Changing Mind in the U.K.), I…1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinNotable studentsRegina Nuzzo, Susan Rogers1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinWebsitedaniellevitin.com levitinlab.com1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinWorkplacesMcGill University1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinWorkplacesStanford University1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinWorkplacesDartmouth College1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinWorkplacesUniversity of California at Berkeley1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinWorkplacesMinerva University1.00infobox
Daniel LevitinWorkplacesInterval Research Corporation1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Daniel Levitin bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Scientific, Levitin and Consultant. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Daniel Levitin
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    • Consultant
    • Award
    • Brain
    • Sound
    • Musical
    • California
    • Music
    • University
    • Cognition
    • Best
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    • Consultant
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    • Brain
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    • Cognition
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    • Best
  • cognitive psychologist
    • Musical
    • World
    • Cognition
    • Science
    • University
    • Songs
    • Brain
    • Music
    • Human
    • Levitin
    • Dan
    • Michael
  • this is your brain on music: the science of a human obsession
    • Dutton
    • Penguin
    • Human
    • Musical
    • Songs
    • Times
    • York
    • Science
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    • Best
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    • Cognition
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  • music cognition
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    • Cognitive
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    • Cognition
    • Music
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    • Human
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    • Songs
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  • the world in six songs: how the musical brain created human nature
    • Dutton
    • Penguin
    • Human
    • Musical
    • Songs
    • Times
    • World
    • York
    • Science
    • New
    • Music
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  • a field guide to lies: critical thinking in the information age
    • Lies
    • Guide
    • Songs
    • Published
    • Penguin
    • Human
    • Dutton
    • Field
    • Musical
    • World
    • York
    • New

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Daniel Levitin, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Daniel Levitin with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Daniel Levitin — Overview · splits 170 ⟂ 46
Daniel Levitin — Biography and education · splits 175 ⟂ 41
Daniel Levitin — Music producing and engineering · splits 182 ⟂ 34
Daniel Levitin — Awards · splits 190 ⟂ 26
Daniel Levitin — Music · splits 193 ⟂ 23
Daniel Levitin — Writing career · splits 202 ⟂ 14
Daniel Levitin — Media appearances · splits 202 ⟂ 14
Daniel Levitin — Selected publications · splits 205 ⟂ 11
Daniel Levitin — In popular culture · splits 210 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Daniel Levitin

Nodes216
Edges215
Triples175
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009259
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Daniel Levitin to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Culture, Technology & Career, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Daniel Levitin · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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