How Hearing Shapes the Mind




KERA's Think show

Summary: <p>[2012-10-31 13:00:00] How do the sounds we hear affect our lives and why do we automatically focus on some sounds – like spoken words or music – and ignore others? We’ll talk this hour with Seth Horowitz, neuroscientist and assistant research professor at Brown University. He digs deep into the topic in his book “The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind” (Bloomsbury USA, 2012).</p>