Music and the Functions of the Brain: Arousal, Emotions, and Pleasure

• Main Author: Piotr Podlipniak (auth)
• Other Authors: Mark Reybrouck (auth), Tuomas Eerola (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; Functions of the brain; Pleasure-Pain Principle; Music; Arousal; Emotions
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Music impinges upon the body and the brain. As such, it has significant inductive power which relies both on innate dispositions and acquired mechanisms and competencies. The processes are partly autonomous and partly deliberate, and interrelations between several levels of processing are becoming c...