Some psychologists maintain that mental acts such as
thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that one’s muscles also
participate. It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the
same way that we listen to music with our bodies. You surely
are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your
ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music that is more or
less familiar without moving their body or, more specifically, some part of
their body. Often when one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is
tempted to direct the orchestra even though he knows there is a competent
conductor on the job. Strange as this behavior may be, there is
a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment from music
unless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. Tile listener "feels"
himself into the music with more or less pronounced motions of his
body. The muscles of the body actually participate in the
mental process of thinking in the same way, but this participation is less
obvious because it is less pronounced. The best title for this selection is ______.
A. An Ear for Music
B. Music Appreciation
C. How Muscles Participate in Mental Acts
D. A Psychological Definition of the Thinking Process