What you will learn

• Name the major lobes and pathways of the brain, and describe how auditory, motor and reward systems work together to perceive melody and rhythm.

• Describe links between rhythm, tonality and appetite for novelty that mediate the emotional responses to music.

• Define and describe emotional arousal versus valence, music-evoked chills, musical anhedonia, and how pleasure follows predictions.

• List seven dimensions of musical pleasure and describe the listener profile.