Aims of the CenterCenter for Music in the Brain (MIB) brings together a team of leading international experts in music and neuroscience toward the creation of a world-class environment with complementary expertise in neuroimaging, neurophysiology, psychology, computational modeling, musicology, and musical performance.Broadly, the research falls into four main areas (Figure 1):* Perception, led by Lauren Stewart: centered around music perception and cognition* Action, led by Peter Vuust: centered around the processing of musical rhythms and the interaction between rhythm and motor behavior* Emotion, led by Morten Kringelbach: centered around the relationship between music and emotions, and how and why music brings pleasure* Learning, led by Elvira Brattico: centered around the effect of music training, expertise, and individual traitsFacilities and InfrastructureMIB is situated in the Danish Neuroscience Center (DNC), Aarhus University, allowing close interactions with residing clinicians, medical scientists, and patient groups at Aarhus University Hospital. This gives easy access to the MINDLab Core Experimental Facility, a multidisciplinary infrastructure within DNC including administration and technical personnel taking care of computational and experimental facilities. MINDLab provides an array of state-of-the-art technologies: positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional MRI (fMRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG), transcranial DC stimulation (tDCS), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). MIB is also affiliated with the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg in Denmark, providing access to musical pedagogy experts and conservatoire musicians at the highest levels.The TeamThe team is currently comprised of 25 personnel, including four group leaders, one center administrator, one research secretary, six assistant professors/postdocs, and a number of doctoral students.The group leaders are acclaimed international experts within their designated MIB research areas. Peter Vuust is a leading expert within cognitive neuroscience of music, has done ground-breaking research within all four areas of the MIB center, and has earned an international reputation for his research into musical rhythm. Besides being a cognitive neuroscientist, he is also an acclaimed bass player and composer and holds two professorships, one at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, and one at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University. Professor Lauren Stewart (sharing her position between Aarhus University and Goldsmiths, University of London) is an expert in music perception and cognition, with a special interest in congenital amusia, a developmental disorder of musical perception. Professor Morten Kringelbach (sharing his position between Aarhus University and Oxford University) is an expert in pleasure, widely recognized for his research on the valence of reinforcers, including auditory cues such as baby crying, laughter, and music. …