

minor in Music Technology from the University of Oregon, and and completed post-doctoral training at Stanford University Medical School and UC Berkeley in Neuroimaging and Perception.Īs a musician (tenor saxophone, guitar, vocals and bass), he has performed with Mel Tormé, David Byrne, Rosanne Cash, Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Victor Wooten and Tom Scott. from Stanford in Cognitive Science, his M.Sc. He has consulted for a number of companies including Apple, Booz-Allen, Microsoft, the United States Navy, Sonos, Philips, Sony, Fender, and AT&T.ĭr. A popular public speaker, he has given presentations on the floor of Parliament in London, to the U.S. He is the author of four New York Times bestselling books: This Is Your Brain On Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind and Successful Aging (published in the UK as The Changing Mind), as well as the international bestseller A Field Guide to Lies (also published as Weaponized Lies). His TED talk is among the most popular of all time. He is a frequent guest on NPR and CBC Radio and has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, and CNN. His research has been featured over 1800 times in the popular press, including 17 articles in The New York Times, and in The London Times, Scientific American, and Rolling Stone.

Levitin has published more than 300 articles, in journals including Science, Nature, PNAS, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal. His research encompasses music, the brain, health, productivity and creativity. Levitin is an award-winning neuroscientist, musician, and best-selling author.
