Listening to your favorite songs modulates your brain's opioid system

Listening to your favorite songs modulates your brain's opioid system

Listening to a favorite song can trigger a profound emotional response that rivals the feelings produced by biological necessities. A new brain imaging study reveals that music activates the same chemical system in the brain that is responsible for the pleasure associated with food and social bonding. The findings, which offer a biological explanation for why melodies can induce euphoria and physical chills, appear in the European Journal of Nuc…