Music engages us in culturally and psychologically powerful ways, leading us to reflect on our lives and those around us, as well as activating regions of our brain responsible for emotion, memory, movement, and reward all at once. In this talk, Evin Rodkey (Anthropology Instructor) and April Shirey (Registrar) discuss how music can provide with opportunities to interpret aspects of culture more closely and how it triggers dopamine releases making listening to it pleasurable or motivating, strengthens neural connections, supports learning, and can even help regulate stress by calming the nervous system. Doors to lecture space open at 5:30 PM.