Do The Hairs On Your Arms Stand On End When You Listen To Good Music? If So Your Brain Is Working Well! 😉
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0.000 HBDDo The Hairs On Your Arms Stand On End When You Listen To Good Music? If So Your Brain Is Working Well! 😉
All my life the hairs on my body tingle when I listen to good music. Often tears will form in my eyes. These are not tears of sadness rather tears of joy. Music has such a strong impact on me. I can remember places, people and emotions vividly. Music has always been my friend and has created incredible experiences for me. I always noticed that these extreme reactions to music happen to me much more than others. I never knew why that might be the case but recently I read a study that shed some light on this delightful phenomena.  ## A More Efficient Brain? Perhaps In Some Ways... 😉 Las year a study by a former Harvard undergraduate studied people who experience chills from listening to music. Matthew Sachs' study examined 20 students, 10 of which admitted to experiencing physical feelings when listening to music and 10 that didn't. Brain scans were taken from all the participants and they showed that people with a physical reaction to music have different brain structures than those that don't. The difference appeared to be that people who experience physical sensations from music tended to have a denser volume of fibers connecting their auditory cortex and areas of the brain which process emotions. This drives greater communication between the two! Sachs was quoted by [Neuroscience](http://neurosciencenews.com/music-chills-neuroscience-6167/) as saying: *"The idea being that more fibers and increased efficiency between two regions means that you have more efficient processing between them."*  ## Crying On The Dance floor? Yes... 😉 It seems that people who get chills from music are more likely to have stronger emotions with a greater degree of intensity. This means if you do get chills from music you are more likely to have stronger and more intense emotions. Plus these sensations can also be associated with memories linked to a certain song, which cannot be controlled in a laboratory setting. What is fascinating about this is that certain people can experience physical reactions through just the remembering of music. That applies to me! Awesome my ears and emotions are working well together. I don't think it will stop the odd looks I get when people see me smiling yet crying on the dance floor! 😉  Sachs's findings have been published on [Oxford Academic](https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/11/6/884/2223400). The original article I found this information on was by Greg Evans [here](https://www.indy100.com/article/music-goosebumps-some-people-science-research-emotions-psychology-study-harvard-7926781). --- Image sources: [1](https://warmful.com/music-gives-goosebumps-might-secretly-special-heres/), [2](http://www.indiaspeechandhearing.com/know-your-ear.html), [3](http://thelearningmind.com/music-and-the-brain). --- <center>*Jockey loves you All & Plants & Music as Medicine!* 😉 Jockey votes 4: @teamsteem, @ausbitbank, @aggroed, @timcliff, @drakos.</center> --- 
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