{"id":3516,"date":"2023-05-19T12:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:50:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:50:54","slug":"do-you-get-goosebumps-when-youre-listening-to-music-you-might-have-a-special-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=3516","title":{"rendered":"Do You Get Goosebumps When You\u2019re Listening to Music? You Might Have a Special Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-137.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-3517\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-137.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-137.png 1000w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-137-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-137-770x434.png 770w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-137-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-137-390x220.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Have you ever had that experience when a really good song is playing and suddenly you break out into goosebumps? One of the most memorable times this has happened to me was when I was walking down the road to my college in my last semester, and \u2018I See Fire\u2019 by Ed Sheeran from the Hobbit came up on my shuffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"VOCES8: Lux Aeterna - Edward Elgar\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IwdeqVmXlHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"VOCES8: Lux Aeterna - Edward Elgar\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IwdeqVmXlHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you feel chills, a lump in your throat, or perhaps a tingling sensation on the back of your neck? Then you might have a more unique brain than you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alissa Der Sarkissian, a research assistant at USC\u2019s Brain and Creativity Institute, has a unique reaction to the song \u2018Nude\u2019 by Radiohead. She describes the experience as her breathing synchronizing with the melody, her heartbeat slowing, and her consciousness of the song deepening. She can deliberately feel the emotions encapsulated in the music and her physiological responses to those emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intrigued by these experiences, Matthew Sachs, a former Harvard student now studying psychology and neuroscience at USC\u2019s Brain and Creativity Institute, decided to explore why some people get goosebumps from music. Sachs, a colleague of Sarkissian, conducted a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/music-chills-neuroscience-6167\/\">study<\/a>&nbsp;with 20 student participants. Half reported experiencing goosebumps during music listening, while the other half did not. He examined their brain activity, heart rates, and skin conductance while they listened to three songs of their choosing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intrigued by these experiences, Matthew Sachs, a former Harvard student now studying psychology and neuroscience at USC\u2019s Brain and Creativity Institute, decided to explore why some people get goosebumps from music. Sachs, a colleague of Sarkissian, conducted a study with 20 student participants. Half reported experiencing goosebumps during music listening, while the other half did not. He examined their brain activity, heart rates, and skin conductance while they listened to three songs of their choosing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From his study, Sachs devised an equation: Pgoosebumps = CF (Sc + Id + Ap). In this equation, CF represents cognitive factors, Sc denotes social and environmental context, Id stands for individual differences, and Ap signifies the acoustic properties of the music. Pgoosebumps represents the likelihood of experiencing goosebumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Sachs explained to Neuroscience magazine, \u201cThe idea being that more fibers and increased efficiency between two regions mean that you have more efficient processing between them.\u201d The full study, published in Oxford Academic, suggests that those who experience goosebumps from music tend to feel emotions more intensely than others. Another factor to consider is the triggering effect of music-associated memories, an aspect Sachs couldn\u2019t control in his lab setting. Other factors, such as powerful lyrics, pitch variation, harmony intervals, and group singing, also contribute to goosebumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the initial study only involved twenty participants, Sachs is now conducting more extensive research, studying the different brain mechanisms that occur when music elicits reactions. Sachs is deeply interested in how a specific arrangement of notes can evoke such profound emotional responses in people. Through his research, he hopes to understand the neurological underpinnings behind these reactions and apply this knowledge to help treat patients with mental health disorders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever had that experience when a really good song is playing and suddenly you break out into goosebumps? One of the most memorable times this has happened to me was when I was walking down the road to my college in my last semester, and \u2018I See Fire\u2019 by Ed Sheeran from the Hobbit came up on my shuffle. 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