brainpickings.org 7 Essential Books on Music, Emotion, and the Brain Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin Music, Language, and the Brain by Aniruddh Patel Listen to This by Alex Ross Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination by Robert Jourdain The Tao of Music: Sound Psychology by John M. Ortiz Music and the Mind by Anthony Storr An interesting list. I’ve only read Musicophilia, but hope to get a chance to the read the others as well. Source: Brain Pickings booksreading listmusicneurosciencepsychologylanguage