Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas on What the Music You Love Says About You
Discover your unique listener profile
What you'll learn: Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas on What the Music You Love Says About You — a 30-minute next big idea club course on Sonder.courses.
Have you ever wondered why you like the music you like? Why do some songs shake you to the core and others are an automatic skip? Those are the questions Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas set out to answer in their book, This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You. Rogers, a music industry professional and neuroscientist, and her computational neuroscience colleague Ogas, pinpoint seven dimensions of music that make up our unique listener profiles. In their book, Rogers and Ogas offer new insights about how our brains interact with music—and how you can tap into the science of listening to find your musical sweet spots.

What you'll explore
- A focused, beautifully crafted lesson — 30 minutes or less
- One illuminating idea explored from multiple angles
- Works on any device — phone, tablet, or desktop
- Part of the full Sonder library of 200+ courses
- All courses are taught in English
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