From perception to pleasure: the neuroscience of music and why we love it

Part I. Perception. Introduction ; Early Sound Processing : The Auditory Cortex, Its Inputs, and Functions ; Communicating Between Auditory Regions and the Rest of the Brain : The Ventral Stream ; Communicating Between Auditory Regions and the Rest of the Brain : The Dorsal Stream -; Hemispheric Specialization : Two Brains Are Better Than One

Part II. Pleasure. The Reward System ; Music Recruits the Reward System ; Why Does Music Engage the Reward System? ; Pleasure and Beyond

Coda. The Miracle of Music