[melomaniac]

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/03/21/must-read-books-music-emotion-brain/
 
having actually read more than half of these already, I can recommend that you take a look at these

 

[caimanjosh]

Looks interesting. Any particular recommendations about which are most interesting, from what you've read?  Particularly from the standpoint of a music listener (rather than, say, a creator/composer)?

 

[melomaniac]

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Looks interesting. Any particular recommendations about which are most interesting, from what you've read?  Particularly from the standpoint of a music listener (rather than, say, a creator/composer)?

start with oliver sacks, I'd say