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- Listeners turn on music because they are motivated by specific goals. Music plays an important role in human well-being and health. Music can serve as an intervention to reduce stress. Music is one of the most enjoyable human experiences. Music is an ever-present companion to people’s everyday lives.
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Jan 30, 2020 · Everything suggests that human biology is primed for music at birth with respect to both the perception and enjoyment of listening. As such, the human capacity for music appears to be special. But what makes it special, and is our musical predisposition unique, like our linguistic ability?
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- Charming the opposite sex. Charles Darwin was the first to suggest that sexual selection played a role in the origin of music. For Darwin, music had no survival benefits but offered a means of impressing potential partners, thereby contributing to reproductive success.
- Musical instinct. We are all born with the capacity to be active musicians. Newborn babies acquire music before language. During the first few months, infants and their mothers communicate in a highly expressive (musical form).
- Music as a universal language. Music is often regarded as a ‘language of emotions.’ People who have difficulty expressing their feelings in words sometimes feel more comfortable expressing these emotions through music.
- Emotion regulation. Music can regulate mood (cheer us up or calm us down), influence shopping decisions, and express actions in a movie. For example, in Pyscho's shower scene, the screeching violin is a famous theme that evokes a very distinct reaction.
Feb 4, 2016 · In one study published in Nature Neuroscience, led by Zatorre, researchers found that dopamine release is strongest when a piece of music reaches an emotional peak and the listener feels...
- Brian Resnick
Oct 14, 2021 · The main reasons people listen to music include enjoyment, mood regulation, passing time, and social identity.
Mar 29, 2022 · We show that music perception, action, emotion and learning all rest on the human brain’s fundamental capacity for prediction — as formulated by the predictive coding of music model.
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Nov 1, 2020 · Researchers are investigating how music may enhance brain development and academic performance and even help people recover from COVID-19.
Sitting just above the eye sockets, the orbitofrontal cortex, involved in decision-making, is hyperactive both in people with OCD, and, intriguingly, in people as they listen to music. Why would that be? One key way that music — particularly Western tonal music — generates emotions in the listener is through patterns of tension and resolution.
