Does Listening To Music Give You Chills?
If listening to music gives you chills, you might have a unique brain.
New research from Matthew Sachs and Alissa Der Sarkissian found that “people who get a shiver up their spine have more fibers connecting their auditory cortex to brain areas associated with emotional processing. This lets the two areas communicate better and means that people who get the chills experience intense emotions differently from those who don’t.”
Given that there is no apparent evolutionary advantage to this phenomenon, the scientific community is still exploring the link between music and these emotional and physical reactions.
For the podcasters among us, check out this 4min segment from USC News that dives into the personal experiences that inspired Sachs to pursue this study.
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