What parts of the brain are affected by music?

valduck17 · Post by **valduck17** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:34 am

-what is the general area of the part of the brain dedicated to hearing?
- does it effect any other parts of the brain, if so what parts?

Lise Byrd · Post by **Lise Byrd** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:52 am

Here are some websites to start you off:

Overview sites (info about the parts of the brain, what they do, where they are located):
http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/courses/31YF/N ... es_OV.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002391/functions.html
http://www.waiting.com/brainfunction.html

Info on what happens when the different lobes are damaged:
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch082/ch082b.html

A more specific page to your question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_Auditory_Cortex

Hope this helps!
Sonia

soundwave990 · Post by **soundwave990** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:37 pm

hey valduck17

this is what i think:

The two inferior colliculi are involved in hearing. They relay information to the medial geniculate bodies of the thalamus.

I got this information from http://www.csuchico.edu/~pmccaff/syllab ... unit2.html
it has all sorts of info about the brain like cerebellum and cerebrum info

another site you can go to is a study of harvard U:
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1998 ... ndCha.html

Hope This helps and Good luck with your project,
JR