Appendix A

This Is Your Brain on Music

Music processing is distributed throughout the brain. The figures on the following two pages show the brain’s major computational centers for music. The first illustration is a view of the brain from the side. The front of the brain is to the left. The second illustration shows the inside of the brain from the same point of view as the first illustration. These figures are based on illustrations by Mark Tramo published in Science in 2001, but are redrawn and include newer information.