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HUMANS HAVE BEEN MAKING MUSIC FOR OVER 40,000 YEARS, A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT BENEFITS US INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY. EVOLUTIONARY SCIENTISTS SAY HUMAN BEINGS ARE INCLINED TO DEVELOP A DEPENDENCE ON MUSIC AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL. MUSIC HAS UNITED PEOPLE THROUGH NATIONAL ANTHEMS THAT CONNECT CROWDS AT SPORTING EVENTS, PROTEST SONGS DURING MARCHES, HYMNS IN HOUSES OF WORSHIP, AND LULLABIES THAT DEVELOP SECURE ATTACHMENTS BETWEEN PARENTS AND INFANTS. RESEARCH SAYS THAT MUSIC CAN ALSO IMPROVE OUR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH. DOCTORS AT JOHNS HOPKINS BELIEVE LISTENING TO MUSIC CAN LEAD TO BETTER LEARNING, AS THEY HAVE SEEN THE ACTIVE AREAS LIGHT UP MRI SCANS SHOWING THAT MUSIC ENGAGES YOUR BRAIN. MUSIC CAN IMPROVE MEMORY. THE MAYO CLINIC FINDS THAT WHILE MUSIC DOESN'T REVERSE MEMORY LOSS DUE TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA, IT HAS BEEN FOUND TO SLOW COGNITIVE DECLINE, HELPING PEOPLE WITH MILD DEMENTIA REMEMBER PARTS OF THEIR LIVES. IT CAN HELP TREAT MENTAL ILLNESS. NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCHERS SAY THAT LISTENING TO MUSIC STIMULATES NEUROCHEMICALS SUCH AS DOPAMINE, A CHEMICAL ASSOCIATED WITH THE "REWARD" CENTERS, SEROTONIN, AND OTHER HORMONES RELATED TO IMMUNITY. MUSIC EXERTS A MAGNITUDE OF BENEFITS ON YOUR BODY, MIND, AND OVERALL HEALTH AND CAN BE ADVANTAGEOUS NO MATTER WHAT AGE, RACE, OR GENDER YOU ARE.