The Scientific Power of Music

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Is music humanity's drug of choice? What is the mysterious power behind it's ability to captivate, stimulate and keep us coming back for more? Find out the scientific explanation of how a simple mixture of sound frequencies can affect your brain and body, and why it's not all that different than a drug like cocaine.

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

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Music by Mitchell Moffit
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Art by Gregory and Mitchell
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http://www.twitter.com/whalewatchmeplz

Some Sources ---

Dopamine Release during Music:

1) http://bit.ly/lLSWFN
2) http://bit.ly/eZZNVi

Emotional Response to Music:

3) http://bit.ly/NbowZP

Cocaine and Your Brain:

4) http://bit.ly/NBKdOB

• Category

  Science & Technology

[lilsteph95]

What causes people to be immature?

[Rohit Garg]

Why do we find certain things/races/animals beautiful or ugly?

[Odin de Sa]

If we think in any one language , what would a person who does not know any language think like ? or do we think in a language ? O_o

[ratchikarr]

Yeah frank ocean!

[Srujith Vanganuru]

does water have a taste?

[Codigo Productions]

immaturity 

[dbzchick45]

And music is legal!

[Hayley cole]

Frank Ocean!!!

[iBeWired]

So if music is a drug of happiness, does this make me a drug addict?

[TheBigFanOfTwilight]

so justin beiber is slowly killing us lets KILL HIM

[thesuperkae]

my brother wants to know why some people like one type of music and some people like a different one...

[Baltaga Daniel]

i need more dopamine