Daniel J. Levitin

I haven't looked into this in 10 years, but I know that he didn't like what the doctors told him. Okay, that makes sense.

I haven't looked into this in 10 years, but I know that he didn't like what the doctors told him. Okay, that makes sense.

Who told him what he wanted to hear. Dangerous.

Who told him what he wanted to hear. Dangerous.

Who told him what he wanted to hear. Dangerous.

Very much so. Not all music, but music that's associated with a particular time and place. And this is what Marcel Proust was writing about when he wrote about the Madeleines, the cookies, or what we write about with smells, particular odors. If there's an odor that's ubiquitous and familiar to you and part of your life every day, that won't do anything. But every once in a while, you get a whiff

Very much so. Not all music, but music that's associated with a particular time and place. And this is what Marcel Proust was writing about when he wrote about the Madeleines, the cookies, or what we write about with smells, particular odors. If there's an odor that's ubiquitous and familiar to you and part of your life every day, that won't do anything. But every once in a while, you get a whiff

Very much so. Not all music, but music that's associated with a particular time and place. And this is what Marcel Proust was writing about when he wrote about the Madeleines, the cookies, or what we write about with smells, particular odors. If there's an odor that's ubiquitous and familiar to you and part of your life every day, that won't do anything. But every once in a while, you get a whiff

My grandmother used a very particular soap. I associated that smell with her. And when she died, she had two or three unused bars of this soap. And she died in 1987. And I would use the soap now and then. And it would instantly bring back a flood of memories of what she was like and what it was like to be with her. And it's because our senses are a trigger for memories.

My grandmother used a very particular soap. I associated that smell with her. And when she died, she had two or three unused bars of this soap. And she died in 1987. And I would use the soap now and then. And it would instantly bring back a flood of memories of what she was like and what it was like to be with her. And it's because our senses are a trigger for memories.

My grandmother used a very particular soap. I associated that smell with her. And when she died, she had two or three unused bars of this soap. And she died in 1987. And I would use the soap now and then. And it would instantly bring back a flood of memories of what she was like and what it was like to be with her. And it's because our senses are a trigger for memories.

And most everything that you've experienced is in your memory system somewhere. The trick is to pull it out from all the things that are in there. And so you need something unique. The nature of music, at least in the last 60 years or so, is that we have popular music. We have songs that get played a lot for a relatively short period of time. Oh, yeah.

And most everything that you've experienced is in your memory system somewhere. The trick is to pull it out from all the things that are in there. And so you need something unique. The nature of music, at least in the last 60 years or so, is that we have popular music. We have songs that get played a lot for a relatively short period of time. Oh, yeah.

And most everything that you've experienced is in your memory system somewhere. The trick is to pull it out from all the things that are in there. And so you need something unique. The nature of music, at least in the last 60 years or so, is that we have popular music. We have songs that get played a lot for a relatively short period of time. Oh, yeah.

And Happy Birthday and the National Anthem, things like that, where you hear them all the time, they can invoke certain memories, but they're less likely to than that song you heard the summer you were 13 or the song that was playing when you had your first kiss.

And Happy Birthday and the National Anthem, things like that, where you hear them all the time, they can invoke certain memories, but they're less likely to than that song you heard the summer you were 13 or the song that was playing when you had your first kiss.

And Happy Birthday and the National Anthem, things like that, where you hear them all the time, they can invoke certain memories, but they're less likely to than that song you heard the summer you were 13 or the song that was playing when you had your first kiss.

or the song that was playing in that new country you were living in, those get attached to the memories and all the sights and sounds and people and events are attached. Memory is multifactorial. It's pictures, it's sounds, it's smells, it's tastes, it's touch. Does it work for bad things as well as, oh, I remember this song.

or the song that was playing in that new country you were living in, those get attached to the memories and all the sights and sounds and people and events are attached. Memory is multifactorial. It's pictures, it's sounds, it's smells, it's tastes, it's touch. Does it work for bad things as well as, oh, I remember this song.

or the song that was playing in that new country you were living in, those get attached to the memories and all the sights and sounds and people and events are attached. Memory is multifactorial. It's pictures, it's sounds, it's smells, it's tastes, it's touch. Does it work for bad things as well as, oh, I remember this song.