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  • Essay / Hearing, listening and the effect of music on the brain

    Hearing and listening may seem synonymous, but they refer to different processes. Hearing is a biological process in which the ear transfers physical sound stimuli into neural impulses. Listening is harder to quantify because it takes place in the brain. This is generally thought to occur in the temporal lobe and various other regions of the brain, but the exact mechanism by which it occurs is unknown. Music has a lot of impact on the brain. It activates several regions of the brain to listen to sound, interpret it as music and respond to it. The brain has a lot of power and music has the ability to strongly affect the brain, so music has a great impact on people. It affects our emotions and autonomic responses. Understanding music and how humans hear and understand it helps us better understand the mind, body, and music itself. Sound is made up of vibrations transmitted by a medium, generally air, when we talk about human hearing. These movements in the air fluctuate in pressure, creating a wave-like pattern. This model is based on air compression rather than a literal waveform, but it still exhibits the characteristics of a wave. Since it has the characteristics of waves, it can be interpreted as a mathematical wave. The most important aspects of human hearing are the frequency and wavelength of sounds, which are interdependent and related to pitch, while amplitude is related to the intensity of the sound. Physically, sound wave amplitude refers to the intensity of pressure in the wave. However, loudness is not simply the intensity of sound, as the perception of loudness is also affected by qualities such as frequency and timbre. These physical waveforms are middle of paper......and other emotional waveforms. problems. Music elicits a very complex response in the brain. From the fairly concrete physical process of hearing to the nebulous process of interpreting sound, melody, pitch, etc. in the brain. This is an area that is still developing, especially since the brain is not yet well understood. There are many intricacies in the brain related to music and the processes by which music is heard, understood, and how the brain responds. Music plays an increasingly well-known role in the brain. It has gone from something that was never mentioned in cognitive neuroscience to something that is considered an important part of the brain's capabilities. Music elicits a holistic response from the brain, causing activity throughout the brain and is proving to be an important tool in understanding the brain as medical technology advances and we gain better insight into the brain at work..