Why Music Makes Our Brain Sing

February 11, 2014 

Robert J. Zatorre, Why Music Makes Our Brain Sing, NY Times, June 9, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/why-music-makes-our-brain-sing.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&.

We are all familiar with "that moment when you feel a chill” of pleasure to a musical passage." This article explains the brain chemistry behind it, most interestingly, the release of that dopamine high during an anticipation phase rather than during a "peak emotional moment". Read the full article here.