Research :- Important books relating to topic area.

1. This is your brain on music by Daniel Levitin
2. Handbook of Music and Emotion: theory, Research, Applications by Patrik N. Juslin 
3. The Emotional Power of Music: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Music Arousal, Expression, and Social Control by Tom Cochrane. 
4. Exploring the Musical Mind: Cognition, Emotion, Ability, Function by John Sloboda#
5. Music, the Brain and Ecstasy: How Music Captures our Imagination by Robert Jourdain 
6. The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Cant Do Without It by Philip Ball