Hearing and listening may seem synonymous but they refer to different processes. Hearing is a biological process that involves the ear transferring physical sound stimuli to neural impulses. Listening is harder to quantify because it happens inside the brain. It is generally believed to occur in the temporal lobe and various other regions of the brain, but the exact mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. Music has a great impact on the brain. It activates different regions of the brain to listen to sound, interpret it as music, and respond to it. The brain has a lot of power and music has the ability to strongly influence the brain, so music has a great impact on people. It affects our emotions and our autonomous responses. Understanding music and how humans hear and understand it helps us better understand the mind, body, and music itself. Sound is a vibration through a medium, usually air when talking about human hearing. These movements in the air fluctuate in pressure, creating a wave pattern. This model is based on air compression rather than a literal waveform, however it still has the characteristics of a wave. Since it has the characteristics of waves it can be interpreted as a mathematical wave. The most important aspects for human hearing are the frequency of sounds and the wavelength which are related and refer to the pitch, while the amplitude refers to the loudness of the sound. Physically, the amplitude of the sound wave refers to the intensity of the pressure in the wave. However, loudness is not simply the intensity of sound, as the perception of loudness is also influenced by qualities such as frequency and timbre. These physical waveforms are inter...... center of the card ......r other emotional problems. Music elicits a very complicated response in the brain. From the quite concrete physical process of hearing to the nebulous process of interpreting sound, melody, pitch, etc. in the brain. This is still a developing field mainly because the brain is not yet well understood. There are many complexities in the brain that have to do with music and the processes by which music is heard, understood, and how the brain reacts. Music plays an increasingly well-known role in the brain. It has gone from something never mentioned in cognitive neuroscience to something that is considered an important component of the brain's capabilities. Music elicits a holistic response from the brain by causing activity throughout the brain and is proving to be an important tool in understanding the brain as medical technology advances and we gain better insight into the brain at work..