Because, by listening to music a lot of people who feel comforted and reassured. What cause?
According to one study, the reason people liked the music together with the reasons people like sex, drugs, gambling, or good food. By listening to the tones in music, it turns out the human brain will release a chemical called dopamine.
Dopamine is a chemical that is closely related to motivation and addiction. Dopamine makes animals want to search for food before they were hungry.
From the results of research conducted by scientists from McGill University in Montreal Canada, turns the music 'Four Seasons' Vivaldi essay or' You Enjoy Myself "Phish's creation can make dopamine flowing.
"This basically explains why the music has been there since long. Pleasure intense that we get from music is biologically stimulate the brain and now it is proven," said Valorie Salimpoor, neuroscientist from McGill.
The study itself involves eight music lovers given oral their favorite music from various genres, ranging from classical, jazz, rock, and pop. After 15 minutes of listening to music, the object of study were injected with a radioactive substance that will bind to dopamine receptors.
Then, with a tool called the PET scanner, scientists can see if the element is flowing in the blood or not. When running, the scientists will conclude that indeed the release of dopamine in the brain. "This is the first research showing dopamine is released in response to aesthetic stimuli," said Salimpoor.
In addition, the results of this study show that like sex and drugs, the music was also caused opium.
"Music will become a useful tool for explaining all sorts of aspects of pleasure, addiction and behavioral maladaptif (adaptation is wrong)," said David Huron, music cognition researchers from Ohio State Uiversity.
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