Music & The Brain

True or False: Music affects some people physically.

• true

• false

Music releases this type of "feel good" chemical in your brain.

• oxygen

• hydrogen

• chlorine

• dopamine

Music Therapy can be used to help people who have suffered brain injuries to relearn how to speak, move, sing, or walk.

• true

• false

Hearing music in your dreams is extremely rare.

• true

• false

The Handel Effect is a theory that listening to classical music while studying makes you smarter.

• true

• false

Music is a series of vibrations moving through sound into your ear & brain.

• true

• false

Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for processing music?

• Amygdala

• Cerebellum

• Auditory Cortex

• Hippocampus

Which part of the brain helps musicians keep time and rhythm?

• Frontal Lobe

• Cerebellum

• Temporal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

Creating & Performing music can activate ___ areas in your brain.

What physical changes have been linked to music:

• increased blood pressure

• increased pupil dilation

• goosebumps

• change in eye color