Gary Marcus, described by the New York Times as “one of the country’s best known cognitive psychologists,” directs the Center for Language and Music at New York University, where he studies language, music, cognitive development, and evolution. His previous book, Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick.
"Jimi Hendrix meets Oliver Sacks in this great new science book." —
VeryShortList.com
"Guitar Zero is a refreshing alternation between the nitty-gritty
details of learning rock-guitar licks and Mr. Marcus's survey of
the relevant scientific literature on learning and the brain . . .
makes some delightful counterintuitive fine points. . . . For those
who look forward, in 'retirement,' to honoring the lifelong
yearnings they have neglected, Guitar Zero is good news." — Norman
Doidge, The Wall Street Journal
"[Guitar Zero is] the sort of book where Steven Pinker (Dr.
Marcus's mentor and collaborator) mixes with K. Anders Ericsson
(the psychologist most associated with the '10,000 hours' theory of
expertise) and Tom Morello (the lead guitarist from Rage Against
the Machine)." — The New York Times
“This book in the end is about more than a desire to shred like
Eddie Van Halen. Marcus examines how our brains are affected by
creativity—learning a musical instrument, for instance, or a new
language—and how these experiences remain open to all of us, no
matter our age." — Los Angeles Times
“An entertaining and enlightening memoir, filled with insight about
music, learning, and the human mind, by Gary Marcus, one of the
deepest thinkers in cognitive science.”
— Steven Pinker, bestselling author of The Better Angels of Our
Nature
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