Auditory Sense & Music

 

Auditory: The two temporal lobes interpret data related to sounds that are heard. This system facilitates emphasis on tone color, pitch, and dynamics. It fires when decoding sounds and during auditory imaging. In combination with your frontal cortex, it allows you to decode patterns of vibrations, and enables you to sustain musical anticipations for several seconds as you await their resolution. Individuals with an auditory preference may tend to memorize by recalling the sound of the music, the intervals between notes, volume-of-sound differences, and the distinctive tones typical of the key signature(s). They may hum along with the music or use the body as a resonator for the music, allowing themselves to be played as an instrument, as it were. More tomorrow.