Approximately one in five people suffer from a condition known as misophonia. This is a phenomenon where particular sounds can trigger unbearable emotional reactions. This has always been part of the human experience,
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The most powerful and strangest lump of organic material in the known universe sits inside your skull. The human brain weighs about three pounds, give or take–call it about 1400 grams if you’re
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A study by American scientists from the late aughts seems to indicate that music can affect your eyesight. When you’re listening intently to music, your brain shifts resources from the region that processes
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We’ve all had the experience of getting chills and goosebumps from hearing a piece of music. Neuroscientists love studying these reactions because it offers insight into how the brain and the body process
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Here’s some medical news directed at people like me who just can’t dance. According to a psychologist at the University of Manchester, the ability and the desire to dance may have some kind
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Great. Now we’re on the CDC’s shit list. WHERE ARE OUR VACCINES? COME ON, GOVERNMENTS! Now that my rant is over, let’s get to music news for April 8, 2021. The debate over
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[Stuck listening to the same old songs over and over? You might want to treat your brain to music you’ve never heard before. It’s good for you. Check out this article from Pitchfork.
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We all know the feeling that comes over us during a great gig when the audience and the performer(s) seem to come together with the music. Turns out there’s a neurological thing going
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I completely forgot that we had a long weekend this week. Frankly, EVERY weekend for the last month has been long. Very long. Here’s your music news for Friday, April 10, 2020. Coronavirus
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We’re all familiar with how music fan affects from both physical and mental points of view. No one is denying that there’s some kind of neurological connection. But what is it? This article
Read More[This is my weekly music column for Global News. -AC] As far as evolutionary biologists can determine, there was no need for humans to develop music. There are theories, of course. Is our
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