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Posted on 11/04/2020 11:32:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
At some point or another, we all have experienced that joyful sensation when our favorite song comes on the radio. It can change your whole mood, especially when “that moment” in every song hits and sends chills down your spine. So what causes this hair-raising jolt to the system? French researchers say studies on the brain reveal many people go into pleasure overload when their favorite tunes start playing.
Researcher Thibault Chabin and a team at the Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté examined the brains of 18 people who regularly get these chills when listening to music. After answering a questionnaire about how much pleasure they get from music, each volunteer received an EEG brain scan.
“Participants of our study were able to precisely indicate ‘chill-producing’ moments in the songs, but most musical chills occurred in many parts of the extracts and not only in the predicted moments,” says Chabin in a media release.
What’s going on in your brain?
Study authors discovered specific electrical activity in the orbitofrontal cortex when music lovers experience a chill. This region is involved with emotional processing. There was also more activity in the supplementary motor area and the right temporal lobe, which handles auditory processing and musical appreciation on the right side of the brain.
All these regions work together to help humans process music, stimulate the brain’s reward centers, and release the “feel good” hormone dopamine. When you combine these reactions with the pleasurable anticipation of hearing your favorite chord strike in a song, the result is a tingly chill. This is a response that indicates greater connectivity in the cerebrum.
“The fact that we can measure this phenomenon with EEG brings opportunities for study in other contexts, in scenarios that are more natural and within groups,” Chabin adds. “This represents a good perspective for musical emotion research.”
‘An ancestral function for music’
The brain scan each participant underwent is a non-invasive procedure which reads the electrical currents caused by brain activity. Researchers placed sensors on each music lover’s scalp to measure theta activity. These low frequency electrical signals are a type of impulse linked to memory performance and musical appreciation.
“Contrary to heavy neuroimaging techniques such as PET scan or fMRI, classic EEG can be transported outside of the lab into naturalistic scenarios,” Chabin explains. “What is most intriguing is that music seems to have no biological benefit to us. However, the implication of dopamine and of the reward system in processing of musical pleasure suggests an ancestral function for music.”
Study authors believe this inherited function tied to music may reveal the brain’s ability to predict future events. As humans wait for something they know is coming, the brain releases more dopamine.
is a chill down the spine the same as a tingle down the leg?
Good Good Good Good Vibrations
As we age, our musical library grows to a point where few songs bring bliss, but many bring fond memories.
When I was young, this bliss happened often. Now? Not so much.....
Or a thrill up?
At 40 something it’s still there for me on occasion. I don’t listen to music much but every now and then I’ll come across a new tune or different take on an old one will get the dopamine going. I’ll tend to listen to whatever it might be regularly for a couple of weeks before it wears off.
Nominees:
Vissi d’arte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnqa94oeGfw
Soave sia il vento
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-wXtUfPI_E
At 61 I still get the bliss. There’s way too many songs that still do it for me, but this one gave me cold chills the first time I heard it a couple of years ago, and it still does every time I listen to it.
Bill Evans - Peace Piece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBCS2YjtIXY
Fun fact “Good Vibrations” story...
Carol Kaye began her career as a jazz guitarist in local (LA) big bands. Her reputation grew and she played lead guitar on “La Bamba” for Richie Valens.
She had a small recording session playing bass guitar and her legendary career took flight as she became a member of the famous “Wrecking Crew”.
Her innovative bass is on Good Vibrations, Beat Goes On and hundreds if not thousands of tracks.
When her fellow Wrecking Crew member, Glen Campbell, recorded “Wichita Lineman”, he borrowed Carol’s 6-string bass for his solo.
And now you know, some of the rest of the story...
MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" is ancestral music. A tribe marching through the jungle banging their drums loudly is a warning to other tribes to run for their lives. Freshly sharpened weapons are required musical accompaniment.
How about a quiver down my backbone? Shakes in the knee bones?
Bagpipes.
AMAZING!!!
What a RUSH!
All Messianic scriptures, too. Beautiful!
Bookmarking it!
Phenomenal! Thank you for posting and introducing me to this.
I found Simon about a year ago. And this....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGWOKT7Hfvs
Yes.
With this artist, the temptation to binge must be resisted.
Yes, but just one more......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljk-lGf-xdg
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