Listening to the music you love will make your brain release more dopamine, study finds
By ERIC W. DOLAN February 2, 2019
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This study shows for the first time a causal role of dopamine in musical pleasure and motivation: enjoying a piece of music, deriving pleasure from it, wanting to listen to it again, being willing to spend money for it, strongly depend on the dopamine released in our synapses”
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Much more at the link.
https://www.psypost.org/2019/02/listening-to-the-music-you-love-will-make-your-brain-release-more-dopamine-study-finds-53059
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explains a lot, doesn't it?
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