Music and the brain is the science that studies the neural mechanisms underlying musical behaviors like listening, performing, composing, and reading music. Scientists in this field have training in cognitive neuroscience, neurology, psychology, music theory, and other related areas. The document discusses several topics related to music and the brain including pitch processing in the auditory cortex, rhythm processing in areas of the frontal and parietal cortices and cerebellum, the relationship between unpleasant melodies and the posterior cingulate cortex, differences in speech and musical tonality processing found in people with amusia, the involvement of both brain hemispheres in language and music processing, and effects of early musical training on brain development and memory abilities.