Mind on Music

 A new study shows the human mind reacts to music in the same way it appreciates good food.  Pleasure centers are stimulated in both the anticipation and hearing of instruments being played. Vocals were excluded to limit the study's focus and rule out human voices as the possible source of pleasure.

Researchers at McGill University in Quebec found a dopamine rush that explains the "chills" and emotional euphoria of the listening experience.

The findings are published in the journal of Nature Neuroscience.

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