Little know. Is that music listening also has an influence upon our testosterone levels. Music listening lowers testosterone in males while raising it in females. To understand this is simple when looking at our evolution. Sitting around the dinner campfire music listening or participation makes it so the males are less likely to be violent or confrontational whilst the women are more likely to be more assertive and initiate in sexual procreation. I cant source the material which i draw from exact. New york annals of science biological foundations of music.