playing music also makes you feel a lot better
Why Does Music Feel So Good?
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#13My largely uninformed guess: Music is so massively rewarding because it trains/fuzzes our pattern matching engines, in a particularly effective and advantageous way that cannot be found "in nature". This is the same reason why jokes/humour are so enormously valued by the brain. It also explains why only nerds like listening to breakcore.
I got to watch Udo Dirkschneider (from U.D.O. and Accept) live on his North American tour last week in Poughkeepsie, NY. One thing I realized about him (apart from the obvious fact his voice is perfect for heavy metal even at age 61), is that he really enjoys listening to the other musicians (the rest of the band!) he has on stage with him, and he has hand motions that show he is following and anticipating the music in his head.
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#14My largely uninformed guess: Music is so massively rewarding because it trains/fuzzes our pattern matching engines, in a particularly effective and advantageous way that cannot be found "in nature". This is the same reason why jokes/humour are so enormously valued by the brain. It also explains why only nerds like listening to breakcore.
Or it might be because the beats and repetition help synchronize brain sectors. Allowing refined, less fuzzy, thinking.
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#15I like how an undergraduate neuroscientist takes the same approach I would to learning about the brain. Throw that fucker in Google.
No! Please don't waste yet another super genius on an advertising company.
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#16There have been several pieces (from classical to classic rock) that have actually caused me to break out in tears. Not teary eyes mind you; gushing waterworks at specific resolution points. Amazingly, this is reproducible, but the severity of the effect depends on my mood. After reading this, my best guess is that this is tied to an especially intense release of dopamine. My maternal grandfather shared this peculiarity and both of us have had awkward moments where we try to explain that we are quite OK -- "it was just the music" (an explanation often met with puzzled expressions).
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#17Someone needs to put together a Spotify playlist of these 60 songs.
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#18Someone needs to put together a Spotify playlist of these 60 songs.
Or a grooveshark playlist.
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#19There have been several pieces (from classical to classic rock) that have actually caused me to break out in tears. Not teary eyes mind you; gushing waterworks at specific resolution points. Amazingly, this is reproducible, but the severity of the effect depends on my mood. After reading this, my best guess is that this is tied to an especially intense release of dopamine. My maternal grandfather shared this peculiar…
> Amazingly, this is reproducible
I have sobbed to so many shitty movies, that I have lost count.
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#20Thank you! Updating my Spotify list now. I was looking for tips from SXSW but am tired of whiny indie rock, this works much better.
Just noticed #4 swapped artist and title.