Vijay Iyer: The Physical Experience of Rhythm : NPR - 1 views
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He studied math and physics at Yale, got a masters in physics and was working on his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley. Then he realized his real love was music, and his Ph.D. turned into the study of music perception and cognition.
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Peter Kronfeld on 17 Mar 12Interesting how he went from math to music perception and cognition. Reminds me of the Daniel Levitin book (that I have yet to get around to reading) "This is your Brain on Music"
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