Music Between Your Ears

Music Between Your Ears

How Musical Engagement Powers the Human Brain

Samuel Markind, MD

Why does music touch you so deeply — and what are the scientific mechanisms behind this phenomenon? In Music Between Your Ears, Dr. Samuel Markind explores the intriguing relationship between music and brain function. Grounded in evolutionary history, Dr. Markind illuminates the pivotal role music plays in human survival and procreation. From communication and caregiving to social bonding and partner selection, music has molded the human species and continues to shape our lives in remarkable ways. Music can actually improve our minds! This is particularly true for people who participate actively with music, so Dr. Markind offers suggestions to readers who are not yet musically engaged to become so.