Canadian researchers have suggested that when we are moved by music,our brains behave as if reacting to delicious food, psychoactive drugs, or money. The new research has shown that dopamine release was greatest when listeners had a strong emotional response to music. "If music-induced emotional states can lead to dopamine release, as our findings indicate, it may begin to explain why musical experiences are so valued,” wrote the scientists.

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