音乐与大脑之间的关系

Daniel Levitin: 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.

丹尼尔·列维京：我们都知道大脑喜欢音乐，因为其中有特定的神经回路。也就是说，大脑中存在专门掌管音乐的神经区域。每当我们接受新的事物，大脑结构就会发生改变。

You're listening to Daniel Levitin, professor of psychology and music at McGill University of Montreal. Dr. Levitin said that 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.

今天节目组采访了蒙特利尔麦吉尔大学心理学及音乐教授丹尼尔·列维京。列维京博士表示，就科学家所知，音乐是所有事物当中对神经元刺激最广的，它能引起大脑神经化学物质的分泌。

Daniel Levitin: 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.

丹尼尔·列维京：比如说，当你听到自己喜欢的歌曲，大脑就会分泌多巴胺，即所谓的“快感荷尔蒙”。反之，如果听到自己讨厌的歌曲，大脑的攻击与逃避中心杏仁核就会受到刺激，使体内肾上腺素浓度上升。

Dr. Levitin said that we are all musical experts, because we know the kind of music that resonates with us on an emotional level.

列维京博士告诉记者，每个人都是音乐专家，因为人人都知道什么样的音乐会引起自己情感上的共鸣。

Daniel Levitin: And we see this, in fact, in the way people incorporate music into their lives. 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.

丹尼尔·列维京：实际上人们将音乐融入生活当中的方式充分说明了这个道理。许多人在音乐声中开始新的一天，早上伴着它起床，晚上随着它入睡，健身的时候一边听着音乐，一天结束的时候用音乐平复自己的心情。人们利用音乐的方式和用药是一样的，的确如此，音乐可以用来调节情绪，这部分是由于它能调节人的神经化学状态，从而影响情绪。

I'm Jorge Salasar.

我是主播豪赫尔·萨拉萨尔。