Listening to the music you love will make your brain release more dopamine, study finds

[littlemissmartypants]

By ERIC W. DOLAN February 2, 2019

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This study shows for the first time a causal role of dopamine in musical pleasure and motivation: enjoying a piece of music, deriving pleasure from it, wanting to listen to it again, being willing to spend money for it, strongly depend on the dopamine released in our synapses”

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Much more at the link.

https://www.psypost.org/2019/02/listening-to-the-music-you-love-will-make-your-brain-release-more-dopamine-study-finds-53059

[hlthe2b]

1. I certainly believe it...

Only bettered by

listening to your favorite music while cuddling your favorite pet.

[JudyM]

6. ... with a chocolate bar...

[True Blue American]

2. I need to go to youtube

I could sure use some right now.

[mr_lebowski]

4. This song, really loud, from my HS graduation year, always releases a lotta dopamine for me ...

The rhythm guitar line starting at the minute mark ... is wicked great.

Love on this wasteland holds no dominion
I refuse to lay me down
On the grapevine comes the saying
"Son, you'll reap whatever you sow"

I sow the seeds of my love
Deep undying true love I sow

There is beauty out there somewhere
I will leave no stone unturned
There's a guitar and a bugle
I hear the sound of distant drums

Fire and water rage through my mind
Love on this wasteland
I cannot find

And there's a howl, howl, howling wind
A ringing around my ears
And a wild wild wind that's a'blowing
Tearing down my tears

There is virtue
Truth abounding
Peace will come to every man
And there's a landmark on the skyline
There is a sign standing in the road
Sail on my brother
Sail on through the night
Love on this wasteland is waiting on down the line

Forty days in the desert sand
Forty nights on my hands and knees
Forty days in the howling wind
... In the howling wind

Songwriters: Edward James Mac Donald / Michael Leslie Peters

[unblock]

3. well, duh! the real question is what hormones get released when hearing music you *hate*.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Ha!

[happybird]

5. Music has made a noticeable difference in

my methadone withdrawal these past weeks (yeah, it's still going on. Ugh.). If I start listening to music as soon as I wake up, I become functional much sooner. It elevates my mood and makes me feel optimistic, which gives me the energy to get up and out of bed. Dopamine release makes perfect sense. The music cuts the morning misery by a few hours, which is an incredible relief.

I found this out by accident- got some wireless headphones for Christmas and began cruising YouTube for music shortly after I got sick, in an effort to take my mind off how I was feeling. Within a few days, I noticed difference between when I started listening right after waking vs. starting later in the day. Just wish it worked for intestinal complaints, lol!

[littlemissmartypants]

9. ❤ nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

7. Yes thanks for the article

“We cannot conclude that taking dopamine will increase your musical pleasure. What we can say is much more interesting: listening to the music you love will make your brain release more dopamine, a crucial neurotransmitter for humans’ emotional and cognitive functioning.”

This is why listening to new music, while it can be a great experience, is nothing like putting on an old album that has stood the test of time with you, proven over the years to 'hit all the right notes'.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Thank you for posting this, L3! ❤ nt

[littlemissmartypants]

11. I love this group.

🙃❤🎉☺