Auditory Quote by Steven Pinker

“I suspect music is auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of... our mental faculties.”

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Auditory Cheesecake Exquisite Faculty Music Music is Sensitive Spots Tickle

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