The science behind Adele's emotional music.

Researchers examine how the hit 'Someone Like You' evokes an emotional response that keeps us coming back for more....

When we listen to music, we experience an intense emotional arousal that’s so pleasurable that it’s being reinforced,” professor Valorie Salimpoor told the San Francisco Classical Voice. “We always knew that emotion and reward centers of the brain were involved in music. This is the first evidence that dopamine is released when we listen to music. There are actual physiological changes that happen in your brain in the motivation and reward circuits that keep you coming back to music. It suggests that music is mildly addictive.”.....
When we listen to music, we experience an intense emotional arousal that’s so pleasurable that it’s being reinforced,” professor Valorie Salimpoor told the San Francisco Classical Voice. “We always knew that emotion and reward centers of the brain were involved in music. This is the first evidence that dopamine is released when we listen to music. There are actual physiological changes that happen in your brain in the motivation and reward circuits that keep you coming back to music. It suggests that music is mildly addictive.”

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