This Is Your Brain on Music:pages 168-203

In pages 168-203 of This Is Your Brain on Music, David Levitin explores human emotions. Music is known to push our emotions. Rhythms are composed to portray specific points. If a composition has a vast difference in pitch, it is inferred as suspenseful. In contrary a song with a higher faster beat is inferred as joyful. Our brain’s link music to specific events. If someone hears a song when they experience a traumatic event, in the future if the song is listened to again, a relapse of emotions will occur. The cerebrum is responsible for our emotions. It codes for hormones to be released while listening to music, sounds, and daily life interactions. Music stimulates our brains. Neurons send specific signals through neurotransmitters, allowing certain emotions to be expressed. Different genres of music have a higher chance to affect how we present ourselves and feel overall. The last point Levitin made is about an experiment involving mice. In a study, lab mice that listen to scream music have a much higher chance to become cannibals. With this said, this does not mean humans that listen to this genre of music will ever turn to cannibalism. It does prove though certain genres of music affect your mood in different ways.