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Bhatara, A. K., Quintin, E.-M., & Levitin, D. J. (2011). Musical ability and developmental disorders. In J.A. Burack, R. M. Hodapp, G. Iarocci, & E. Zigler (Eds.), Oxford handbook of intellectual abilities, 2nd edition. (pp. 138-148). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Levitin, D.J. (2010). Vacation reading. Nature, 466, 563-566.

Levitin, D. J. (2010). My first science fair. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5(6), 628-631. doi:10.1177/1745691610388756

Levitin, D. J. (2010). Why music moves us. Nature, 464, 834-835.

Levitin, D.J. (2009). Rebels with a Cause: Music in the 60's. SuperConsciousness Magazine.

Levitin, D.J. (2008). Do You Hear What I Hear? [Op-Ed]. The Wall Street Journal.

Levitin, D.J. (2008). We have music on our minds. Montreal Gazette.

Levitin, D.J. (2008). Brain Candy [Review of the book Human: The science behind what makes us unique, by Michael Gazzaniga]. The New York Times Sunday Book Review, 5.

Levitin, D.J. (2008). Notes from the underground: A newspaper columnist recounts his unlikely friendship with a homeless musician [A review of The soloist: a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music, by Steve Lopez]. The Washington Post Sunday Book Review.

Levitin, D. J. (2008). Absolute pitch: Both a curse and a blessing. In Music meets medicine, Proceedings of the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation. (pp. 124-132). Helsinki, Finland: Gyllenberg Foundation.

Levitin, D. J. (2008). The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. New York, NY: Dutton/Penguin.

Levitin, D. J. (2008). The music illusion. New Scientist.

Levitin, D.J. (2007). It was 40 years ago today [Op Ed]. The Washington Post.

Levitin, D. J. (2007). My favorite thing: Why do we like the music we like? In Jossey-Bass Publishers (Ed.), The Jossey-Bass Reader on the brain and learning. (pp. 345-346). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Wylie.

Levitin, D.J. (2006). The music of my mind: A neuroscientist examines the recipe for listening ecstasy. Paste Magazine.

Levitin, D. J. (2006). This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. New York: Dutton/Penguin.

Parncutt, R. and Levitin, D. J. (2001). Absolute Pitch. In Sadie, S. & Tyrrell, J. (Eds.), New Grove dictionary of music and musicians. (pp. 37-39). New York, NY: St. Martin's Press.

A detailed definition of absolute pitch. It appears in: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Levitin, D. J. (2000). In search of the musical mind. Cerebrum, 2(4), 31-49.