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Music has been part of our life. We can not stand without music. Even, music makes us addicted. When I read an article in the intrenet, then I know that music helps our brain to release dopamine (feeling good neurochemical that makes you motivated and addicted).
A study conducted by researchers at McGill University in Canada (2011). An initial 217 participants were narrowed down to 8 who consistently responded the same way when listening to music, regardless of the listening environment. By using combination of PET (Positrin Emission Tomography) and Fmri (functional Magnetic Resonance Imagining) techniques to scan brains of the participants as they lisetened to music during the course of three sessions. It showed the researchers that the participants release dopamine. “It is amazing that we can release dopamine in anticipation of something abstract, complex, and not concrete” said Valorie Salimpoor, a neuoroscientist at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Dopamine so far only released when people consume delicious food, drugs and do sex.
Therefore, when we listen to music, we will feel happy and chill. These sensation lead us to keep listening music over and over again. Not truly different with coffee and tea, music is also a caffeine. :)
