Can Music Probe Human Mentality?
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The pre-eminent power of music to affect human emotions exemplifies human-level experience. How can this happen? How does music alter mental states and what does this alteration reveal about mental states? Can music probe how the mind works?

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 2112

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