Scientists find the relationship between the brain and music endlessly fascinating. A recent study has found that music doesn’t just alter your mood temporarily. It, in fact, physically reshapes your neural pathways.
This effect, known as neuroplasticity, means that your music choices physically rewire your brain over time. Just six minutes of music listening will activate nearly every single region of the brain at the same time. In other words, listening to music is a full-body workout for the brain. Yes, there’s the dopamine reaction—that’s the feel-good part of listening to music—but it goes far beyond that. This explains why we often unconsciously start tapping our toes or moving to the beat of a song. That’s the motor cortex of the brain responding.
And there’s more. That’s next time.
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