ts of music on the human mind and behavior as part of an effort to build a conceptual framework of how music affects human beings. Noting that music is a complex sound that conveys information with both meaning and emotional elements, Iakovides (1) points out that, biophysically, the effects of music are best conceptualized as an interaction of diverse elements of the central nervous system (e.g., processing structures and processes), the auditory system, the characteristics of the sound itself, and certain key characteristics and traits of the listener.
In terms of the listener, (Iakovides 2004 2-3) also notes that there are associative processes operating in which information already learned interacts with the sound to evoke certain feelings and meanings which often operate to remind human beings of known or past events. In other words, past learning and associative precesses contribute to the influence of music on human beings in a substantial way. It is because of this m
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