Research

Blood, A. J., & Zatorre, R. J. (2001). Intensely pleasurable responses to music correlate with activity in brain regions implicated in reward and emotion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 98(20), 11818-11823.

Chanda, M. L., & Levitin, D. J. (2013). The neurochemistry of music. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(4), 179-193.

Gebaur, L., & Kringelbach, M. L. (2012). Ever-changing cycles of musical pleasure: The role of dopamine and anticipation. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 22(2), 152-167.

Salimpoor, V. N., Zald, D. H, Zatorre, R. J., Dagher, A., & McIntosh, A. R. (2015). Predictions and the brain: How musical sounds become rewarding. Trends in Cognitive Neuroscience, 19(2), 86-91.

Stegemöller, E. L. (2014). Exploring a neuroplasticity model of music therapy. Journal of Music Therapy, 51(3), 211-227. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thu023

Zatorre, R. J., & Salimpoor, V. N. (2013). From perception to pleasure: Music and its neural substrates. PNAS, 110(2), 10430-10437.

Music

Thong Song (Sisqo)

Theme from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Jon Brion)

Apples and Bananas (Children’s Song)

Banana Boat (Harry Belefonte)