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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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

[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

[Noah Ingram]

How does poetry affect our neuron pathways?

[blondiebrunetts2518]

Why do we see ourselves so differently than others see us?

[Joanna Yescas]

Why do humans change their voice when the speak to babys and dogs??

[Dillon Vandervort]

Neuro lingquistic programming books ive read usually explain language eing a though cothed by out words. We experience the world via our senses which create thought, we move our lips and make noise that give that thought an association. assuming were using our auditory senses. people who are def since birth probably think of languge in a visual and kinesthetic sense, sign language. I know im not asapSCIENCE but i certainly LOVE this topic haha

[Tiffany Marie]

Is it true that classical music such as Mozart or Beethoven can enhance intelligence and increase the attention span? It's called the Mozart affect.

[CerrenSkullwood]

Maybe their thoughts are imagery?

[Ben Harrison]

why do we get mad?

[Lars Haugen]

A perfectly natural drug of happiness - Marijuana

[LucdDream]

emotional reasons 

[Nathan Saltus]

Hold up! Was that real cocaine,

[TheSkullcrusher73]

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