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Frontal lobe (decision making)
Hippocampus (memory)
Amygdala (emotion)
Temporal lobe (sound)
Parietal lobe (motion)
Occipital lobe (sight)
Cerebellum (primary movement response)
Spinal cord
FIGURE 1.2
The processing of music in our brain is a hugely complex activity involving many areas and associated links. The first cerebral recognition and sorting of sounds, both musical and linguistic, occurs largely in the primary auditory cortex in both the left and right temporal lobes.
per hour, associative neurons integrate all the data into a single perception of the sound. The chemical composition of our brain is altered, causing us to relax, or, if the impulses come strongly at regular intervals, to get up and dance.
Our Musical Template: Why We Like What We Like
What’s your favorite piece of music—your favorite song or symphony? What types of music do you like? That depends on who you are, and on the kind of musical template you have in your head. A musical template is simply a set of
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