We know that the brain is musical because there are specific neural circuits. And by that, I mean specific regions of the brain dedicated to processing music and nothing else. Our brain structure changes every time we learn something new.

我們都知道大腦喜歡音樂，因為其中有特定的神經(jīng)回路。也就是說，大腦中存在專門掌管音樂的神經(jīng)區(qū)域。每一次我們接受新事物，大腦結(jié)構(gòu)就會同時發(fā)生一些改變。

Music activates neurons in more regions of the brain than almost anything else scientists know of. He said that music causes the release of neurochemicals in our brains.

音樂是所有事物當中對神經(jīng)元刺激最廣的，它能引起大腦神經(jīng)化學(xué)物質(zhì)的分泌。

For example, listening to music you like causes the release of dopamine, the so called “feel good” hormone, and on the opposite side, listening to music you hate, will activate the amygdala, the brain’s fight or flight center, and that will cause a release of adrenaline.

每個人都是音樂專家，因為人人都知道什么樣的音樂會引起自己情感上的共鳴。

A lot of people use a certain kind of music to get going in the morning, to get out of bed, to get them through an exercise workout, to calm themselves down at the end of the day. We’re using music in the same way we use drugs, really, for emotional regulation, partly because of the way it can modulate our neurochemistry, affecting our moods.

許多人在音樂聲中開始新的一天，早上伴著它起床，晚上隨著它入睡，健身的時候一邊聽著音樂，一天結(jié)束的時候用音樂平復(fù)自己的心情。人們利用音樂的方式和用藥是一樣的，的確如此，音樂可以用來調(diào)節(jié)情緒，這部分是由于它能調(diào)節(jié)人的神經(jīng)化學(xué)狀態(tài)，對我們的情緒有很大的影響作用。