Why Do We Like Music?
United States
Shayla Love
People with musical anhedonia, a rare inability to enjoy music, are teaching scientists how the brain processes songs.
The New Yorker
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This article explores why humans experience music as emotionally powerful, using research on people with musical anhedonia—a rare condition in which individuals do not feel pleasure from music.
