Facts About Music
The chills you get when you listen to music, is mostly caused by the brain releasing dopamine while anticipating the peak moment of a song
Dopamine is a feel-good chemical released by the brain. This chemical is directly involved in motivation, as well as addiction. These studies found a biological explanation for why music always has been such a huge part of emotional events around the world since the beginning of human history.
- There are few activities in life that utilizes the entire brain, and music is one of them.
With Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI), a research team recorded a group of individuals who were listening to music. They found that listening to music recruits the auditory areas, and employs large-scale neural networks in the brain. In fact, they believe music can activate emotional, motor, and creative areas of the brain.