Transported
The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams
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In 'Transported: The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams,' Elizabeth Margulis examines how ordinary listening experiences lead people to vivid, often shared imaginative scenes.
Drawing on experimental work, cross-cultural studies, and neuroscience, she shows how music scaffolds memory, prediction, and narrative imagination.
Margulis argues that these musical daydreams are not purely private but are grounded in shared cultural associations and perceptual processes.
The book connects laboratory findings — like strangers imagining the same stories to unfamiliar music — to broader questions about social bonding, therapy, and consciousness.
It offers both scientific evidence and accessible storytelling to illuminate music's surprising power over thought and emotion.
Drawing on experimental work, cross-cultural studies, and neuroscience, she shows how music scaffolds memory, prediction, and narrative imagination.
Margulis argues that these musical daydreams are not purely private but are grounded in shared cultural associations and perceptual processes.
The book connects laboratory findings — like strangers imagining the same stories to unfamiliar music — to broader questions about social bonding, therapy, and consciousness.
It offers both scientific evidence and accessible storytelling to illuminate music's surprising power over thought and emotion.
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