Music on your mind

You know the feeling - you're listening to music and suddenly your whole __________ changes from sad to happy.

This mind-altering power of music is amazing, and internet music sites are using ever more sophisticated ways of __________ us in touch with new artists.

They search our downloaded files or online listening habits __________ patterns, and the results are often surprising - would you believe that AC/DC fans may well enjoy Beethoven?

Musicians have been __________ unforgettable music for centuries, using accepted ideas about the emotional appeal of certain combinations of musical sounds.

It's __________ knowledge

that major chords sound upbeat __________ minor chords sound mournful

In tests, __________ children as young as three connect music in major keys to happy faces.

But why do people have this __________ to music?

Scientists investigating the question have been __________ various experiments such as scanning the brains of people while they listen to music.

One thing they __________ across is that music triggers activity in the motor regions of the brain,

which could explain why we often need to __________ our feet to music.

There is still much to __________ about the effects of music on the mind

but __________, the possibilites for medicine and business are exciting.