Comments on: Musical Thrills Are Explained as a Rush of Dopamine to the Brain http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/10/musical-thrills-are-explained-as-a-rush-of-dopamine-to-the-brain/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:57:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SilenceIsGolden http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/10/musical-thrills-are-explained-as-a-rush-of-dopamine-to-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-584380 SilenceIsGolden Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:41:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=24714#comment-584380 Finally an explanation for the famous "Eargasm!" And apparently the proof that it indeed has quite a lot in common with that other -gasm. Finally an explanation for the famous “Eargasm!” And apparently the proof that it indeed has quite a lot in common with that other -gasm.

]]> By: Yale Fox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/10/musical-thrills-are-explained-as-a-rush-of-dopamine-to-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-583604 Yale Fox Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:07:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=24714#comment-583604 Here's some research I posted on my theory as to why exactly we experience these thrills: http://www.darwinversusthemachine.com/2010/10/music-induced-chills-a-failure-for-an-organism-to-predict-its-environment/ Here’s some research I posted on my theory as to why exactly we experience these thrills:

http://www.darwinversusthemachine.com/2010/10/music-induced-chills-a-failure-for-an-organism-to-predict-its-environment/

]]> By: nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/10/musical-thrills-are-explained-as-a-rush-of-dopamine-to-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-582350 nick Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:34:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=24714#comment-582350 "music reaches its climax... researchers determined that music provokes floods of dopamine... dopamine has long been known to play a role in more physical activities like ... having sex" Music reaching it's climax is like you reaching your climax. So says science! “music reaches its climax… researchers determined that music provokes floods of dopamine… dopamine has long been known to play a role in more physical activities like … having sex”

Music reaching it’s climax is like you reaching your climax. So says science!

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