Do you ever hear a song that transports you to a specific place and time? This auditory wormhole has a name: <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/musical-daydreams-brain?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">musical daydreams</a>. Music cognition expert Elizabeth Margulis studies why they happen, and what they tell us about our brains. She joins Host Flora Lichtman to discuss this phenomenon.
Guest:
Dr. Elizabeth Margulis is a professor and director of Princeton’s Music Cognition Lab. She’s also the author of “Transported: The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams.”
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