Music and the Brain. How Music Affects Emotions, Health, and Intelligence

The brain knows everything about us and governs us.
It also reacts very sensitively to music – so much so that it seeks melodies and rhythms even in everyday noise. Many of us believe that melody and harmony are the best remedies for blues, and listening to classical music can make us smarter and cure serious ailments. Is it true? Does music really have such a powerful effect on the human body?
Norwegian teachers of neurobiology of music, Are Brean and Geir Ulv Skæie, help us look inside our own heads and see what happens when you listen to your favorite song.