Science trying to explain why some of us get goosebumps and chills from music

Sometimes I get goose bumps and chills and tingle all over when listening to music.

I came across this study.

The research studied 20 students, who listened to three to five pieces of music. Ten of the students admitted to feeling shivers, while the other ten didn’t. The researchers then took brain scans of all the participants.

“[The ten who felt shivers] have a higher volume of fibres that connect their auditory cortex to the areas associated with emotional processing, which means the two areas communicate better,” Matthew told Neuroscience News. These ten participants also had a higher prefrontal cortex, which is involved in certain areas of understanding, like interpreting a song’s meaning (Quartz).

If this music gives you goosebumps, you might have a special brain - Classic FM

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