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Neuroscience Of Music

Jonah Lehrer | Wired | 19 January 2011

C scale notation over musical staff by Horia Varlan How and why does music give pleasure? The how is easy enough: it triggers release of dopamine. The why seems to derive from delayed gratification. You get the shiver down the spine about 15 seconds before an acoustical climax Read full article

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