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

The brain knows everything about us and controls us. Moreover, our brain responds 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 gloom, and listening to classical music can make us smarter and heal serious ailments. Is this true? Does music really have such a powerful effect on the human body? Norwegian teachers of music neurobiology Are Brean and Geir Ulve Skjeie help to look inside our own heads and see what happens when you listen to your favorite song.