One aspect of this is that if one does brain imaging you can often distinguish the brains of musicians from the brains of non musicians because certain parts of the brain may become so enlarged in. Music and the brain explores how music impacts brain function and human behavior including by reducing stress pain and symptoms of depression as well as improving cognitive and motor skills spatial temporal learning and neurogenesis which is the brains ability to produce neurons sugaya and yonetani teach how people with neurodegenerative diseases such as alzheimers and parkinsons also respond positively to music. One of the ways music affects mood is by stimulating the formation of certain brain chemicals listening to music increases the neurotransmitter dopamine dopamine is the brains motivation molecule and an integral part of the pleasure reward system. In fact musical training stimulates different parts of the brain various studies have shown that listening to certain songs and melodies can improve memory in patients with alzheimers and other types of dementia music can help you retain information better and optimize learning