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Music Evokes Emotion

Music Evokes Emotion

Canadian researchers find that the experience of listening to music releases dopamine, a pleasure-promoting neurotransmitter in the brain. Music maintains a significant role across human society, but the biochemical basis underlying the universal emotional response to listening to music has remained elusive.  Robert Zattore, from McGill University (Canada), and colleagues have found that the experience …

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