“WITHOUT MUSIC, LIFE WOULD BE A MISTAKE.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
WHY DO WE LOVE MUSIC? Why is sometimes music so good that the hair on our arms pricks up and we shiver — despite there being no obvious biological benefits to enjoying music? These are the questions that researchers from McGill University in Canada have been studying for years. Now, they believe they’ve definitively proved what’s happening in the brain when we listen to a piece of music we love.
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The paper: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2021/03/19/JNEUROSCI.0727-20.2020
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
WHY DO WE LOVE MUSIC? Why is sometimes music so good that the hair on our arms pricks up and we shiver — despite there being no obvious biological benefits to enjoying music? These are the questions that researchers from McGill University in Canada have been studying for years. Now, they believe they’ve definitively proved what’s happening in the brain when we listen to a piece of music we love.
Brain scans solve an enduring mystery about our love of music
A new study shows that our love of music isn't superficial. It's connected to a system that helps us survive.
The paper: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2021/03/19/JNEUROSCI.0727-20.2020