Listening to music used to be something we took for granted, and it was stripped away from us, for to long know a valuable study tool has been banned.

Music moves brain to pay attention, Stanford study finds
AUG 1 2007
STANFORD, Calif. - Using brain images of people listening to short symphonies by an obscure 18th-century composer, a research team from the Stanford University School of Medicine has gained valuable insight into how the brain sorts out the chaotic world around it.

The research team showed that music engages the areas of the brain involved with paying attention, making predictions and updating the event in memory. Peak brain activity occurred during a short period of silence between musical movements - when seemingly nothing was happening.