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Cognitive Psychologist

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Steven Pinker, a cognitive psychologist best known for his book “The Language Instinct”, has called music
“auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of at least six of our
mental faculties.” If it vanished from our species, he said, “the rest of our lifestyle would be virtually
unchanged.” Others have argued that, on the contrary, music, along with art and literature, is part of
what makes people human; its absence would have a brutalising effect. Philip Ball, a British science writer
and an avid music enthusiast, comes down somewhere in the middle. He says that music is ingrained in
our auditory, cognitive and motor functions. We have a music instinct as much as a language instinct,
and could not rid ourselves of it if we tried.

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Steven Pinker, a cognitive psychologist best known for his book “The Language Instinct”, has called music “auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of at least six of our mental faculties.” If it vanished from our species, he said, “the rest of our lifestyle would be virtually unchanged.” Others have argued that, on the contrary, music, along with art and literature, is part of what makes people human; its absence would have a brutalising effect. Philip Ball, a British science writer and an avid music enthusiast, comes down somewhere in the middle. He says that music is ingrained in our auditory, cognitive and motor functions. We have a music instinct as much as a language instinct, and could not rid ourselves of it if we tried.

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contrary instinct virtually vanished

Steven Pinker , a cognitive psychologist best known for his book " The Language Instinct " , has called music
" auditory cheesecake , an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of at least six of our
mental faculties . " If it from our species , he said , " the rest of our lifestyle would be
unchanged . " Others have argued that , on the , music , along with art and literature , is part of
what makes people human ; its absence would have a brutalising e ? ect . Philip Ball , a British science writer
and an avid music enthusiast , comes down somewhere in the middle . He says that music is ingrained in
our auditory , cognitive and motor functions . We have a music instinct as much as a language ,
and could not rid ourselves of it if we tried .

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