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New Research from Stanford on how Brain processes music

December 31st, 2011 · No Comments · music and the brain

Tweet Research published earlier this year showed that listening to music releases the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain and sends pleasure signals to the rest of the body. Now findings recently published in NeuroImage offer additional insights into how music affects our neural circuits. In the study Finnish researchers recorded the brain responses of individuals […]

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