From Perception to Pleasure offers a detailed, concise, and beautifully organized account of Robert Zatorre's groundbreaking work. His research into how music impacts the brain and shapes our emotional lives is revelatory. Zatorre builds a crucial framework for fully integrating creative arts therapies into health and medicine. ― Renée Fleming, soprano and arts & health advocate

Robert Zatorre is both a musician and a scientist. There is nothing surprising about his passion for music but the intelligence and persistence with which he has investigated his muse are unusual and have been astonishingly productive. A good part of what we know about the perception of music and about the pleasures music brings to the human soul comes from Zatorre's unique dedication. How fortunate we are now that he has decided to tell the story of his lifelong pursuit in an insightful book that may well produce as much pleasure as the music that inspired it. ― Antonio Damasio, University Professor; David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy; Director, Brain and Creativity Institute, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Hanna Damasio, University Professor; Dana Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Neurology; Director, Dornsife Cognitive Neuroimaging Center, University of Southern California